>> Verses to Scan (NIV)
- Proverbs 17:17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- Proverbs 27:6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
- Ecclesiastes 4:10 If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!
>> Websites to check
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- www.relevantmagazine.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=417 “On the Outs with a Friend” by Kate MacNeil. How to repair a damaged relationship with a friend.
- http://www.youthfire.com/issues/f2.html Insights about friendship, straight from the Bible.
>> Thoughts to Ponder
- Check out these friendship Scriptures: 1 Samuel 18:1–3; 20:17; Proverbs 17:17 and 18:24. How can you show this kind of loyalty these verses describe? Pray about it.
- Sometimes we have to overlook the countless little wrongs that our friends and family do to us—just as they have to overlook our less-than-perfect moments, too. “Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you” (Colossians 3:13). That doesn’t mean we roll over and take abuse, but it does mean that we should cut each other some slack.
>> Books to Read
- I Will Be Your Friend by Michael W. Smith, stories of his own friendships and a look at some favorite Bible stories of legendary friendships.
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