Peer pressure has a powerful influence on us because we naturally fear man more than God. We want to please the men and women around us. Psalm 34 encourages us to fear the LORD and testifies to the kind of work that we ought to pursue (works of love). This will be a good song to sing in its entirety, perhaps one section before your sermon (Psalm 34:1–10) and the other section thereafter (Psalm 34:11–22)
o Reformed Churches of New Zealand (lyrics and sheet music) (audio)
1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.