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Psalm 139:23

Registered: 05-2006
Location: Carolyn ~ Puget Sound
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 Life Challenges - Relationships


We have all had times when someone treats us badly or says untrue or unkind things and no matter what we do, it just gets worse.

Anyone want to share some Scriptures that help us get through those times?

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Psalm 139:23

Registered: 05-2006
Location: Carolyn ~ Puget Sound
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Re: Life Challenges - Relationships


FRIENDSHIP (Affection, Companionship, Jesus)
What are the marks of real friendship?
BIBLE READING: Exodus 33:7-11

KEY BIBLE VERSE: Exodus 33:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

Real friendship involves face-to-face honesty. God and Moses talked face to face in the Tent of Meeting, just as friends do. Why did Moses find such favor with God? It certainly was not because he was perfect, gifted, or powerful. Rather, it was because God chose Moses, and Moses in turn relied wholeheartedly on God’s wisdom and direction. Friendship with God was a true privilege for Moses, out of reach for the other Hebrews. But it is not out of reach for us today. Jesus called his disciples—and, by extension, all of his followers—his friends (John 15:15). He has called you to be his friend. Will you trust him as Moses did?

BIBLE READING: Proverbs 17:1-28

KEY BIBLE VERSE: Proverbs 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Real friendship involves loyalty. What kind of friend are you? There is a vast difference between knowing someone well and being a true friend. The greatest evidence of genuine friendship is loyalty (loving “at all times”) (see 1 Corinthians 13:7)—being available to help in times of distress or personal struggles. Too many people are fair-weather friends. They stick around when the friendship helps them and leave when they’re not getting anything out of the relationship. Think of your friends and assess your loyalty to them. Be the kind of true friend the Bible encourages.

BIBLE READING: John 15:1-17

KEY BIBLE VERSE: John 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

Real friendship is found with Jesus. Because Jesus Christ is Lord and Master, he should call us servants; instead he calls us friends. How comforting and reassuring to be chosen as Christ’s friends. Because he is Lord and Master, we owe him our unqualified obedience, but most of all, Jesus asks us to obey him because we love him.

Real friendship is imitating Christ in our relationships. We are to love each other as Jesus loved us, and he loved us enough to give his life for us. We may not have to die for someone, but there are other ways to practice sacrificial love: listening, helping, encouraging, giving. Think of someone in particular who needs this kind of love today. Give all the love you can, and then try to give a little more.
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