It is well with you. The Bible teaches us that bad company always corrupts good morals. And it's good to know that everyone, whether they're aware of it or not, is powered by some spirit.

Life is spiritual in nature. Happiness is a spirit; kindness is a spirit; pride is a spirit; lust is a spirit. And whatever we spend a lot of time meditating upon, we actually become a vehicle, a channel, for that spirit to enter into the world, amen.

Every single person is a gate to a realm in the spirit. The question is, what kind of gate is such a person? And you see, as you navigate this thing called life, there is a need to take inventory of the kind of spirit that is powering different kinds of people.

Yeah, we know according to the Bible it is not possible to, you know, I mean, if you're going to stop interacting with people who are quote-unquote unholy, then you have to leave the world itself, right? But you have to become aware that you are not so much in a safe place anymore, and you have to be on your guard or, to the best of your effort, stay away from there.

Before we even talk about how to, you know, put boundaries in such friendships and how to end such friendships, listen to me. You need to prioritize your spiritual health above all else. That should be your first priority: your spiritual health and well-being. You need to prioritize that, because if one first starts to think about, "Oh, I'm going to hurt someone's feelings," what about your spiritual life? What about God's quote-unquote feelings towards you? Are you following me?

We need to identify those in our lives who are not an extension of the kind of spirit we want to carry with us because it's not about whether or not we participated in it. Just being in that atmosphere, being in that ambience, there's radiation that happens. Are you following me?

Whenever Jesus Christ entered a room without him even saying anything, demons were screaming because he was a carrier of something. That same thing that is positive and true for Jesus also is the same in the negative sense, and if we keep on exposing ourselves to people who are not of the, well, the spirit we want to live by, it is only a matter of time before what is upon them will rub off on us.

Sometimes we have to start to tell people no. "Oh, hey, no, I don't want to talk about that. Oh no, this is not what I stand for."

You know we're always afraid to stand for the truth and stand for our principles and beliefs, but we find that in the world people are so confident about what they believe, right? Someone says, "Oh, hey, I'm a girl. I like girls," and they post about it on Instagram, and they don't care about anyone's opinion. "Oh, don't call me he anymore; call me they/them," and they're bold about it, but we're not bold enough to tell someone, "Hey, I'm sorry, I don't drink so much." "Oh, but drinking is not a sin." "Yeah, it's not a sin, but it's just not my thing." Okay.

"Oh, listen, let me tell you about the sex story." "I'm sorry. I don't want to expose myself to that." "Why?" "That's just not my thing." There's nothing wrong with it. Are you following me? As a matter of fact, it also causes people to respect us even more, and if people can't respect your boundaries, your beliefs, or your faith, then it is worthwhile to reevaluate such a friendship because one of the fundamental ingredients in this thing called friendship is respect.

If you have people who don't respect what is supposed to be holy and valuable to you, then they are not your friends. Either they are not your friends, or maybe it's not as valuable to you as you claim, right?

So we have to ask ourselves: What exactly do I want for myself? What kind of life do I want to prosecute? And if you find out that the people around you can't help you on that path, then you need to change your friends. You need to change yourself or, at best, bind yourself with a group of people who are walking in line with your spiritual aspirations, right?

It's always good to surround ourselves with company that is in alignment with our vision goals, whether it's in the physical world or whether it's in the spirit. So the first step I tell you is to just distance yourself, right? And make your stand very clear. That's the best safety you can have—when it's very clear your stance is, "I don't want to talk about this thing. I don't want to be exposed to these things." And if they invite you to places where this is going to happen, then you say, "Please, I'm not available for that." And I believe it's as simple as that. It shouldn't be more complicated.

So you need to make a stand, all right? And make peace with the fact that not everybody can follow you where you're going with God. Aside from God, even in life in general, when some people get married, some friends can't follow you because they like you single, where you can be at their beck and call. Some friends like you before you had children. Some friends like you before you have a proper career, before you have a business.

So, in life, as we move forward, the choices you make naturally select some people into and out of our lives, and that's okay, and we have to make peace with that. And if we sometimes feel, "Oh my God, what would happen if they left?" We need to have faith that in where I'm going, God is able to provide me with friendship that is better than the one that I'm losing. If that friendship you're losing is not profitable for you, then there's no reason to hold on to it. And that's my two cents. God bless you.