KINDS OF FRIENDSHIP-DAY-8 (THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A FRIEND – Series cont’d)
TREACHEROUS- MATT.26:48-50 – NOW HIS BETRAYER HAD GIVEN THEM A SIGN SAYING, WHOMEVER I KISS, HE IS THE ONE; SEIZE HIM. IMMEDIATELY HE WENT UP TO JESUS AND SAID, “GREETINGS, RABBI!” AND KISSED HIM.
KINDS OF FRIENDSHIP-DAY-7 (THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A FRIEND – Series cont’d)
TRUE-1SAM.18:1-3 – NOW WHEN HE HAD FINISHED SPEAKING TO SAUL, THE SOUL OF JONATHAN WAS KNIT TO THE SOUL OF DAVID, AND JONATHAN LOVED HIM AS HIS OWN SOUL. SAUL TOOK HIM THAT DAY, AND WOULD NOT LET HIM GO HOME TO HIS FATHER’S HOUSE ANYMORE. THEN JONATHAN AND DAVID MADE A COVENANT, BECAUSE HE LOVED HIM AS HIS OWN SOUL.
CLOSE-PROV. 18:24 – A MAN WHO HAS FRIENDS MUST HIMSELF BE FRIENDLY, BUT THERE IS A FRIEND WHO STICKS CLOSER THAN A BROTHER
THE DANGERS OF FRIENDS: DAY-5 (THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A FRIEND – Series cont’d)
MAY ENTICE TO SIN –DEUT. 13:6-8 – IF YOUR BROTHER, THE SON OF YOUR MOTHER, YOUR SON OR YOUR DAUGHTER, THE WIFE OF YOUR BOSOM, OR YOUR FRIEND WHO IS AS YOUR OWN SOUL, SECRETLY ENTICES YOU, SAYING, LET US GO AND SERVE OTHER GODS, WHICH YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN, NEITHER YOU NOR YOUR FATHERS. OF THE GODS OF THE PEOPLE WHICH ARE ALL AROUND YOU, NEAR TO YOU OR FAR OFF FROM YOU, FROM ONE END OF THE EARTH TO THE OTHER END OF THE EARTH, YOU SHALL NOT CONSENT TO HIM OR LISTEN TO HIM, NOR SHALL YOUR EYE PITY HIM, NOR SHALL YOU SPARE HIM OR CONCEAL HIM.
THE DANGERS OF FRIENDS: DAY-6 (THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A FRIEND – Series cont’d)
SOME ARE NECESSARY-PROV.14:20 – THE POOR MAN IS HATED EVEN BY HIS OWN NEIGHBOR, BUT THE RICH HAS MANY FRIENDS.
SOME ARE NOT TRUST WORTHY-PS.41:9 – EVEN MY OWN FAMILIAR FRIEND IN WHOM I TRUSTED, WHO ATE MY BREAD, HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.
ARE YOU THAT KIND OF FRIEND?
THESE NUGGETS AND PEARLS FOUND IN THE SCRIPTURES WILL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH AS IT RELATES TO FRIENDS AND FRIENDSHIPS.
THE DANGERS OF FRIENDS: DAY-5 (THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A FRIEND – Series cont’d)
MAY ENTICE TO SIN –DEUT. 13:6-8 – IF YOUR BROTHER, THE SON OF YOUR MOTHER, YOUR SON OR YOUR DAUGHTER, THE WIFE OF YOUR BOSOM, OR YOUR FRIEND WHO IS AS YOUR OWN SOUL, SECRETLY ENTICES YOU, SAYING, LET US GO AND SERVE OTHER GODS, WHICH YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN, NEITHER YOU NOR YOUR FATHERS. OF THE GODS OF THE PEOPLE WHICH ARE ALL AROUND YOU, NEAR TO YOU OR FAR OFF FROM YOU, FROM ONE END OF THE EARTH TO THE OTHER END OF THE EARTH, YOU SHALL NOT CONSENT TO HIM OR LISTEN TO HIM, NOR SHALL YOUR EYE PITY HIM, NOR SHALL YOU SPARE HIM OR CONCEAL HIM.
ARE YOU THAT KIND OF FRIEND?
THESE NUGGETS AND PEARLS FOUND IN THE SCRIPTURES WILL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH AS IT RELATES TO FRIENDS AND FRIENDSHIPS.
THE VALUE OF FRIENDS: DAY- 4 (THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A FRIEND – Series cont’d)
VALUABLE IN TIME OF NEED-PROV. 27:10 – DO NOT FORSAKE YOUR OWN FRIEND OR YOUR FATHER’S FRIEND, NOR GO TO YOUR BROTHER’S HOUSE IN THE DAY OF YOUR CALAMITY; BETTER IS A NEIGHBOR NEARBY THAN A BROTHER FAR AWAY.
ALWAYS FAITHFUL-PROV. 17:17 – A FRIEND LOVES AT ALL TIMES; AND A BROTHER IS BORN FOR ADVERSITY.
ARE YOU THAT KIND OF FRIEND?
THESE NUGGETS AND PEARLS FOUND IN THE SCRIPTURES WILL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH AS IT RELATES TO FRIENDS AND FRIENDSHIPS.
THE VALUE OF FRIENDS: DAY- 3 (THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A FRIEND – Series cont’d)
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM-PROV.27:6 – FAITHFUL ARE THE WOUNDS OF A FRIEND, BUT THE KISSES OF AN ENEMY ARE DECEITFUL.
HELPFUL ADVICE –PROV. 27:7 – A SATISFIED SOUL LOATHES THE HONEYCOMB, BUT TO A HUNGRY SOUL, EVERY BITTER THING IS SWEET.
ARE YOU THAT KIND OF FRIEND?
THESE NUGGETS AND PEARLS FOUND IN THE SCRIPTURES WILL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH AS IT RELATES TO FRIENDS AND FRIENDSHIPS.
THE NATURE OF A FRIEND: DAY- 2 (THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A FRIEND – Series cont’d)
SYMPATHY- JOB 2:11 NOW WHEN JOB’S THREE FRIENDS HEARD OF ALL THIS ADVERSITY THAT HAD COME UPON HIM, EACH ONE CAME FROM HIS OWN PLACE – ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE, BILDAD THE SHUHITE AND ZOPHAR THE NAAMATHITE: FOR THEY HAD MADE AN APPOINTMENT TOGETHER TO COME AND MOURN WITH HIM AND TO COMFORT HIM.
SACRIFICE- JOHN 17:13 – BUT NOW I COME TO YOU, AND THESE THINGS I SPEAK IN THE WORLD THAT THEY MAY HAVE MY JOY FULFILLED IN THEMSELVES.
ARE YOU THAT KIND OF FRIEND?
THESE NUGGETS AND PEARLS FOUND IN THE SCRIPTURES WILL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH AS IT RELATES TO FRIENDS AND FRIENDSHIPS.
THE NATURE OF A FRIEND: DAY- 1
LOVE-1 SAM.20:17 NOW JONATHAN AGAIN CAUSED DAVID TO VOW, BECAUSE HE LOVED HIM; FOR HE LOVED HIM AS HE LOVED HIS OWN SOUL.
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A FRIEND (A Series)
PROVERBS 18:24 –A MAN WHO HAS FRIENDS MUST HIMSELF BE FRIENDLY, BUT THERE IS A FRIEND WHO STICKS CLOSER THAN A BROTHER.
FRIENDSHIP IS A RELATIONSHIP OF MUTUAL REGARD, A FEELING OF LIKING AND ESTEEM. (TAKEN FROM THE LIVING WEBSTER ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY)
Nuggets and Pearls of Wisdom 