This Sunday

October 25 – Why Your Environment Is Shaping Who You’re Becoming

The people you surround yourself with, the voices you listen to, and the thoughts you continually feed your mind are shaping the person you’re becoming. Psalm 1 contrasts a life influenced by the world with one rooted in the Word of God, describing the person who delights in Scripture as a tree planted by streams of water, bearing fruit in season and remaining strong through changing circumstances. Spiritual growth doesn’t happen in isolation; it requires choosing wise relationships, filling our minds with God’s truth, and remaining connected to Jesus, the source of lasting fruitfulness. Through the Holy Spirit, we can break free from patterns that pull us away from God and become firmly rooted in the life He intends for us. Where you plant your life today will shape the fruit you bear tomorrow.

Main Point: Your environment is shaping who you're becoming.

Psalm 1:1–3

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.

The people around you influence your direction

Psalm 1:1

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked

or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,

Proverbs 13:20 - Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.

Your environment includes what you feed your mind

Psalm 1:2 - But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.

Fruitfulness is connected to where you're planted

Psalm 1:3 - That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.

John 15:5 - I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

Galatians 5:16 - So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Psalm 40:1–3

I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him