Our world is filled with pressures; some good, some bad. The pressures that we feel when we follow God's will and obey His commands are positive pressures. God places them in our hearts and He intends that we act in accordance with His leading. But we also face different pressures, ones that are definitely not from God. When we feel pressured to do things or even to think thoughts that lead us away from God, we must beware. Society seeks to mold us into more worldly beings; God seeks to mold us into new beings that are most certainly not conformed to this world. If we are to please God, we must resist the pressures that society seeks to impose upon us, and we must conform ourselves instead, to God's will, to His path, and to His Son. The closer we are to the godly people around us, the easier it is for us to live a righteous life because they hold us accountable.    

~Galatians 1:10