DAILY MANNA FOR TODAY 20TH JULY 2017
*DAILY MANNA* *THURSDAY 20TH JULY, 2017* *AVOID BAD ASSOCIATIONS* *TEXT: 2 CHRONICLES 22:1-12* _*KEY VERSE: "Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction" (2 CHRONICLES 22:4).*_ Association with bad company is very dangerous to a Christian's spiritual life. It will gradually lead him back into sin. It starts with befriending a class of people who are not necessarily deep in outward sin, but simply without God. They might be the people he meets at his work place, who tell him he is too fanatic and invite him to take things easy. Next, he is found standing with the sinners. Before long, he stops walking closely with God and loiters with those who commit outward sins. Finally, he feels a little more at home and soon finds himself taking on their ways, mocking all that is righteous and holy and hating the teaching of the Bible. This was what happened in the text, to Ahazia