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Proverbs chapter 13, verse 20,

whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,

but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

This verse beckons all of us to ask,

who are the people who are having the most influence in your life?

Who are the people you are spending the most time with?

And Proverbs 1320 says, when you walk with wise people, when you spend time with wise people, when you expose your life, your mind

to wisdom, then you become wise.

But the companion of fools, those who spend time with foolish people, those who listen to, fill

their minds with what foolish people are saying,

will suffer harm. Just think about your life, your closest companions, and not just the people

who are around you, but the influences in your life, things you're reading, things you see, you think about

the hours we spend on screens every single day, oftentimes exposing our minds to all kinds of messages,

is that which we're exposing our minds to wise or foolish? And if it's all foolish,

then we will suffer harm. It will not lead to our good. But if it's wise, that will lead to

our good, that will lead to learning and becoming more wise. And then flip that around, you're around others.

You are influencing others.

Are you influencing others with wisdom, or are you influencing others with foolishness?

And so we pray, God help us to surround ourselves with wise people and wise

influences. And God, we pray that you would help us to be wise people and wise influences on the

people around us. God, help us to guard our minds, our hearts, our lives.

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