Emphasis Preaching Journal

While growing up, most of us probably heard at one time or another, a parent ask us, "If your friend told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?" From early on, we wanted to fit in and be accepted by the world around us. We want to do what our friends do. If we were blessed by wise parents and strong self-esteem, we may have learned the life lesson that conformity is not always a good thing.