Taking off the mask....

Are you the same person you were last year? Hopefully you can answer no because of how much you have grown in your faith.

But that isn't the direction I am wanting to take on that question. Do you act the same when you are around different sets of friends? Some of us run in different groups..you might have school friends, "church" friends, neighborhood friends, etc. In each situation, do you act the same or differently?

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (Hebrews 13:8 NIV)

That is the example we have set before us. A perfect example at that. HE NEVER CHANGES no matter the situation!! No matter the situation, He stayed the same!!

I want to challenge you to really take a look at yourself and your actions while you are around your different groups. Do you change for the better, or the worse? Can you get by with more "negative" with some than others? If so, maybe you should reevaluate those "friendships."

Ephesians 5:1 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.

1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.