I just read a crinkled up piece of paper that has been floating around in my purse for quite some time now. On it are short but to the point notes from a sermon on friendship.
Read on.
-Friendship is a relationship where we practice real Biblical love.
-A great friend is one who will have Jesus as their best friend.
-A great friend will initiate.
-A great friend will endure.
*Proverbs 27:10 Never abandon a friend--either yours or your father's. When disaster strikes, you won't have to ask your brother for assistance. It's better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away
*Proverbs 17:17 A friend always loves, and a brother is born to share trouble.
*Proverbs 17:9 Whoever forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever keeps bringing up the issue separates the closest of friends.
*Colossians 3:12-13 12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
-A great friend will build up and bring out the best.
*Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
*Proverbs 27:5-6 (one of my favorites) 5Better is open rebuke
than hidden love. 6Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
*Proverbs 28:23 He who rebukes a man will in the end gain more favor than he who has a flattering tongue
*1 John 3:16-18 16This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 17If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 18Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
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