peer-pressure

There are those today that say we must do as others do, that we must conform to the world [to win it], that we must swim with the tide, that we must move with the crowd. But the believer should say, __o.

The pagan world is still trying to put its stamp of conformity on every follower of Jesus Christ. Every possible pressure is being brought to bear upon Christiansto make them conform to the standards of the present world . . .be a committed follower of Jesus Christ.

The apostle Paul said, __e not conformed to this world._ These words cut like a sharp sword across our way of life. They have the tone of the battle call in them. They separate the weak from the strong. But they are words of inspiration, and we need to hear them today.

It is often asked, __ow could the early disciples turn the world upside downwhen millions of Christians can__ even keep it right side up today?_ The answer is they didn__ conform their faith to match the world. They had the truth, and they refused to water it down. They had a faith that would not compromise.

Don__ conform to those who have been overwhelmed by the tide of immorality sweeping our country!

The apostle Paul urges Christians everywhere in all ages to be nonconformists as far as the world system is concerned. We are not to conform. A true Christian, living an obedient life, is a constant rebuke to those who accept themoral standards of this world.

Many Christians give in to various temptations through peer pressure and find themselves surrendering to worldly passions, justifying pleasures the world offers.

Peer pressure accounts for much of the promiscuous sex in high schools and colleges. __onform or get lost._ Since no one enjoys losing friends or being cast out of his own circle, peer pressure__specially during the years of adolescence__s an almost irresistible force.

They'll try to make you forget who you are or try to make you ashamed. But you mustn't forget and you mustn't be ashamed.

Pressure has the power to create a diamond, but it has to be the "right" pressure.

I__ not in this world to live up to your expectations and you__e not in this world to live up to mine.

Everybody else is doing it is an excuse, not a reason. It could be that everybody else isn't, but the Devil is introducing you to the few that are in the hopes that he can fool you.

I just want to live my own life instead of everyone else__ version of it.

The ordinary procedure of the nineteenth century is that when a powerful and noble personage encounters a man of feeling, he kills, exiles, imprisons or so humiliates him that the other, like a fool, dies of grief.

Most people want so desperately to be an individual yet are so easily shaped by the media.

To conform to a sick society is to become sick.

Societal peer pressure to conform runs strong, but as more of us continue to think and act for ourselves, rather than be under the influence of group-think, we begin to make more effective choices.

The culture were live in ripples through our daily lives, sending messages about what is considered "normal" and healthy by society.