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Jan 5, 2020 · If we love God, we must also love our brothers and sisters in Christ (1 John 4:21). Martina exemplified Christian friendship for Miko. She showed Miko that a true friend—a Biblical friend—is loyal and helpful even in the worst of times (Proverbs 17:17).
- True Friends Heighten Our Joy in God.Link
- True Friends Expose Sin in Us That Keeps Us from God.Link
- True Friends Encourage Us to Obey God.Link
- True Friends Bring Us to God in Our Weakness.Link
- True Friends Love Us For The Glory of God.Link
Companionship always deepens joy. My favorite movie is good when watched alone, but it’s better with a friend. Somehow a great meal is more satisfying when shared. We naturally drag our friends into what we enjoy: “You have to see this movie!” “You have to come to this restaurant with me!” But of all the joys of life, God is the greatest! We were m...
Sin deceives us. It darkens our understanding and makes us fools. So much so that we may be walking in sin and convinced that we are obeying God (think of the Pharisees). This is why we desperately need friends. We need friends to lovingly show us our sin. We need friends to help us see our blind spots. We need friends to speak with brutal honesty ...
While it is true we need friends to help us see any disobedience, we also need them to spur us on to obedience. Often, obedience to God takes more courage than we can muster alone. Without the faithful cheerleading of Christian friends, we easily shrink back into stagnant apathy, not wanting to willfully disobey, but also too afraid to step out in ...
Walking through life in a God-belittling world, with our sin-ridden flesh, against a hell-bent enemy, is too hard to be attempted alone. Alone, we easily believe the lies of Satan. Alone, we buckle under the weight of our sin. Alone, we grow discouraged and weary. Like the paralytic, we need the help of other believers to carry us to God. So, how c...
The world’s idea of intimacy in friendship is making much of one another: “I can’t live without you!” Compliments and pledges of devotion quickly give a brief and false adrenaline rush of importance and significance. We certainly need to encourage and affirm one another, but Christian friends should be far more focused on God’s weight and significa...
Oct 11, 2017 · We can only love one another because God loved us first (1 John 4:19). Biblical friendship begins with Christ and extends outward, not the other way around. His love flows into us, and out of that love, we love others. As we abide in him, we are fueled to love and serve our brothers and sisters.
Jul 21, 2021 · God calls his people to live in unity with one another, so it is important to make every effort to live together in harmony with everyone. God commands us to do all in love. We have gathered this collection of Bible verses about unity to inspire you toward hope for the future.
The Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.
Jul 17, 2024 · love one another. On Jesus’s “love commandment” (John 15:12–17). You are my friends implies a stunning level of comfortable personal interaction with one who is also the eternal, omnipotent Creator of the universe (see John 1:1–3, 10).
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Jan 4, 2022 · Answer. The Lord Jesus Christ gave us the definition of a true friend: "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business.
