by Zeke Flores<\/p>\n
Peer pressure is tough.<\/p>\n
We are naturally inclined to be liked, even by those we don’t know. That inclination might give way to a compromise in values just so we won’t get any flak for being different.<\/p>\n
But we are different. If you’re a Christian, you serve a different Ruler, you live by a different set of rules, and you have a different destiny. Yes, you live to please Someone else, but it’s not the people of this world.<\/p>\n
Let’s be more concerned with what God thinks about us than what people do. Not that we should be rude or obnoxious, but “we should obey God rather than men<\/em>” (Acts 5:29).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Zeke Flores Peer pressure is tough. We are naturally inclined to be liked, even by those we don’t know. That inclination might give way to a compromise in values just so we won’t get any flak for being different. But we are different. 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