Hi, Angelwings Well this can be so difficult can't it? I can totally relate and these are the issues I struggle with the most in my Christian walk as I was not raised in a Christian family and have many people like this associated with my family. Let me just quote this and tell you what the Lord is impressing on my heart lately in regards to this: 2 Timothy 3 1This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. It is very clear the Lord wants us to "turn away" from these people. Yes..literally turn our backs on them. We can still love them and pray from them but it does not mean we should be involved with them in any consistent way. I have cut loose some really long time friends and I admit I feel bad about it...but do we want to please people or the Lord?? Having said that, I know it is easier said than done as I told you I struggle with it still. Just my two cents. God Bless You!
Hi Mark. Im new here and I just read your post for the first time. I can so relate! I have worked hard all my life (Im 55). I took a job simply on the bases of money (I realized later I had done this alot in my life as I look back), I felt like a slave in a den of evil at my last job. To make a long story short, God has been impressing on my heart that"....for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” I am not working right now (outside the home)(We all work don't we?)(I mean back in Jesus day they didn't have big corporations and technology/government buerocracies-maybe we got off track somewhere?). I am very short on funds but I am trying to put my trust in God alone for my daily bread. I was praying for a "good job" but now I am praying God will lead me where he wants me to go or what he wants me to do not based on this worlds expectations but Gods. His ways are not our ways. . Anyway, I know what it is like to be in a bad environment day after day and to feel like a slave to it. I will pray for Gods will to be done in your life. God Bless You
Hi, Angelwings Well this can be so difficult can't it? I can totally relate and these are the issues I struggle with the most in my Christian walk as I was not raised in a Christian family and have many people like this associated with my family. Let me just quote this and tell you what the Lord is impressing on my heart lately in regards to this: 2 Timothy 3 1This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. It is very clear the Lord wants us to "turn away" from these people. Yes..literally turn our backs on them. We can still love them and pray from them but it does not mean we should be involved with them in any consistent way. I have cut loose some really long time friends and I admit I feel bad about it...but do we want to please people or the Lord?? Having said that, I know it is easier said than done as I told you I struggle with it still. Just my two cents. God Bless You!