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How to Ruin Your Life Part 3

Six signs that you have found the perfect cellmate

October 20, 2017

We are in week 3 of our series called “How to Ruin Your Life.” In week 1, we covered how wisdom will always fail you, and last week we talked about four ways you can start a fire with your phone. This week, I want to talk about six signs that you have found the perfect cellmate. That sounds like weird advice, but we’ve all heard or seen this phrase somewhere on the internet: A good friend will bail you out of jail, a best friend will be sitting next to you in the jail cell. For most of you, this sounds like a really epic goal of friendship. We see it everywhere, from books to movies to TV two best friends sitting in jail saying out loud, “That was fun...” and then it ends with a high five. As cool as this squad goal may look, I think if your friends are leading you to a path of imprisonment, you may be on the wrong path with the wrong friends. No one really plans for failure, and no one wakes up at age 13 with the goal of becoming a prison inmate. Yet the friends you have today will always impact your future tomorrow. Proverbs 13:20 reminds us of this reality this way: “Walk with the wise, you’ll become wise. Surround yourself with fools and you’ve sealed your own destruction.” This might sound too simple to believe in, but it’s true. The people involved in your life will always determine where you are going. I’ve heard it said like this: “Show me your friends; I’ll show you your future.” So here are six signs you may have found the perfect cellmate, along with some practical ways to not end up in the cell with them.