SEVEN THINGS THAT SHAPE YOUR LIFE

A. W. Tozer, a preacher, identified seven thing in our lives and culture that fashion or shape us whether we realize it or not.

1. The literature you read. An author's ideas fashion your mind.

2. The music you listen to. Music determines what you like inside.

3. The pleasures you indulge in. In time, if not immediately, the pleasures you allow yourself can make or break you.

4. The ambitions you entertain. Most of us are imitators. It makes a difference who you imitate or follow.

5. The places you go. On the way to heaven, where do you visit? Does it reflect where you're going?

6. The words you speak. Your vocabulary defines you more than you know.

7. The friends you cherish. We are no better and will rise no higher than the company we keep. It's better to break with certain friendships if you're going to serve God.

Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.