What is feeding your fire right now? Is your passion burning bright or has it slowly started to fade? You can experience renewal in your heart, but if nothing around you changes, growth will struggle. So who actually has access to your heart? Who shapes your thinking when you are tired, discouraged, or tempted to drift? Influence is never neutral. Direction follows whoever you allow to speak into your life. If you were struggling tomorrow, would the people closest to you carry you closer to Jesus or keep you comfortable in compromise?

Real community is not about perfect people pretending. It is about forgiven people walking honestly together. It is choosing unity over division, grace over gossip, light over darkness. Over time you will become like the people you walk with. Not instantly, but steadily. So here is the simple question. Is your circle helping you burn brighter?