I Can Choose Wise Friendships

12–15 minutes

Center · Stillness

Settle in

Put the phone down. Take one slow breath, and say: “God, I am here. Speak, I am listening.”

Read · The passage

Scripture

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

1 Corinthians 15:33, BSB

Learn · Reflection

Reflection

I Can Choose Wise Friendships

Talk · Conversation

Talk about it

Around which group of friends do you act like someone you're not, and why do you think that happens?

Thank · Gratitude

Give thanks

Today I thank God for the friends who never ask me to hurt anyone.

Ask · Prayer

Pray together

Lord, thank you for that uneasy feeling inside that warns me when something is wrong. Give me the courage not to laugh at the joke that hurts someone.

Begin · Application

Carry it into the day

Like Lucas did with his dad, talk to a trusted adult today about a friendship that has been leaving you uneasy.

Scripture quoted from the Berean Standard Bible. Public domain (CC0)