Friendship
Friendship - A close trusting relationship between two people. A relationship marked by knowledge, trust, and appreciation
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. (John 15:13-15 ESV)
1. The importance of friendship
2. The distance of friendship
3. The dynamics of friendship
A friend loves at all times,… (Proverbs 17:17 ESV)
Tribute To Friendship
I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you
I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me
I love you not for closing your ears to the discords in me, but for adding to the music in me by worshipful listening
You have done it without a touch, without a word, without a sign. You have done it just by being yourself.
Perhaps that is what being a friend means, after all. -Author Unknown
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. (Proverbs 18:24 ESV)
Be A Friend
I went out to find a friend, But could not find one there, I went out to be a friend, And friends were everywhere!
Building Relationships
These are the basics for building good relationships.
1. Communication-being open, honest, and vulnerable. It means listening to what a person says and means.
2. Compromise-willing to give in to what the other person wants and to admit wrong.
3. Commonality-spending time together.
4. Consultation-asking the other person for help . . . allowing him or her to become involved in your life.
5. Care/Concern/Consideration-showing love and helping to meet the other person’s needs.
6. Commitment-sticking by someone, no matter what-not being ashamed of that person, trusting him or her totally.
Abraham was called God’s friend!!
and the Scripture was fulfilled that says,”Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God.(James 2:23 ESV)
Friendship
Epigram On Friendship
Some people make enemies instead of friends because it is less trouble. -E.C. Mckenzie
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. -Benjamin Franklin
An old friend is better than two new ones. -Russian Proverb
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for ’tis better to be alone than in bad company. -George Washington
When we lose a friend we die a little.
If you really want to know who your friends are, just make a mistake. -The Bible Friend
So long as we love we serve. No man is useless while his is a friend. -Robert Louis Stevenson
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