But Jesus said unto them, “A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among  his own kin, and in his own house.”    ~    Mark 6:4,5

Familiarity is a faith destroying and Spirit quenching thing that every believer must guard against.  Even Jesus faced it in His ministry.  Familiarity happen when we get so accustomed to a person, place, or thing that we no longer regard it as highly as we once did.  When that happens we can no longer receive the blessings from it that God intends for us to receive.  Our faith is then choked and the anointing stops flowing like it once did.  While others around us are blessed, we ourselves are failing to receive. 

We may still get excited about new things but fail to appreciate what God has already blessed us with.  Be on your guard against familiarity and don’t let it have any place in your life!