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While Jesus is The Friend that sticks closer than a brother, if we're at all honest, sometimes we personally don't do "friendship" well.
While Jesus is The Friend that sticks closer than a brother, if we're at all honest, sometimes we personally don't do "friendship" well.
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We are either good friends or we aren't. We are either recipients of good friends or we aren't.
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In my experience I find that I try hard to be a good friend but it seems that it has been a one sided effort at times over the years and it's almost a rare occurrence to find good friends in this day and age.
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I'm not trying to be cynical but it is just a common thing today and don't get me wrong, I have or have had a few good friends over the years and again have striven to be "friend worthy" and a good friend. Maybe you have as well! If you have good friends...hold onto them and be a good friend in return.
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You'd think that as those who are in Christ, we'd do a far better job with friendship but we often don't. Also, I have to pick on my fellow men for a minute as well because, guys, we don't do friendship as well as we should. Now I also have to equally pick on the ladies, as sometimes you don't do friendship well either sometimes. Point is, we all need God's help to be the kind of friends we need to be and others need us to be.
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No matter what, we need to look to Jesus as our example of friendship as well as other people like you and I that God's Word captures for us as there are some really great examples in His Word.
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When the seasons are good...true friends stick together. When the going get's tough...true friends stick together. When a season is somewhere in between...true friends stick together. Friends are born for adversity.
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Let's pray that God will help us be good biblical friends to those he places in our lives and in turn I pray that we are recipients of good friends as well as we strive to stick together through every season.
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A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17 ESV
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#friendship #faith #hope #truth #wisdom #life #encourage #encouragement #Jesus #HolySpirit #bible #scripture #GodsWord #heart #mind #soul #strength #christian #Christianity #christfollower #ashepherdsheart
While Jesus is The Friend that sticks closer than a brother, if we're at all honest, sometimes we personally don't do "friendship" well.
While Jesus is The Friend that sticks closer than a brother, if we're at all honest, sometimes we personally don't do "friendship" well.
_
We are either good friends or we aren't. We are either recipients of good friends or we aren't.
_
In my experience I find that I try hard to be a good friend but it seems that it has been a one sided effort at times over the years and it's almost a rare occurrence to find good friends in this day and age.
_
I'm not trying to be cynical but it is just a common thing today and don't get me wrong, I have or have had a few good friends over the years and again have striven to be "friend worthy" and a good friend. Maybe you have as well! If you have good friends...hold onto them and be a good friend in return.
_
You'd think that as those who are in Christ, we'd do a far better job with friendship but we often don't. Also, I have to pick on my fellow men for a minute as well because, guys, we don't do friendship as well as we should. Now I also have to equally pick on the ladies, as sometimes you don't do friendship well either sometimes. Point is, we all need God's help to be the kind of friends we need to be and others need us to be.
_
No matter what, we need to look to Jesus as our example of friendship as well as other people like you and I that God's Word captures for us as there are some really great examples in His Word.
_
When the seasons are good...true friends stick together. When the going get's tough...true friends stick together. When a season is somewhere in between...true friends stick together. Friends are born for adversity.
_
Let's pray that God will help us be good biblical friends to those he places in our lives and in turn I pray that we are recipients of good friends as well as we strive to stick together through every season.
_
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17 ESV
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#friendship #faith #hope #truth #wisdom #life #encourage #encouragement #Jesus #HolySpirit #bible #scripture #GodsWord #heart #mind #soul #strength #christian #Christianity #christfollower #ashepherdsheart