The breakaway

Have you broken away from bad influences? When I was a young boy, my parents would tell me not to hang out with certain people. I don't know exactly how they knew that some of my friends were troublemakers, but they did. James tells us that we are to "lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word." Have you done that? Have you said goodbye to your old behaviors or things that have caused you to sin? If you haven't you should. If you do this, you will begin to experience a clean breakaway from this world and start living a well pleasing life for God.