The Friendship Factor

Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us… So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”
Genesis 1:26-27 (NLT)

“This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends… This is my command: Love each other.”
John 15:12-13, 17 (NLT)

“One day near Horesh, David received the news that Saul was on the way to Ziph to search for him and kill him. Jonathan went to find David and encouraged him to stay strong in his faith in God.”
1 Samuel 23:15-16 (NLT)

1. GOD WILL RAISE UP THE RIGHT PEOPLE AT THE RIGHT TIME TO ACCOMPLISH HIS WORK IN & THROUGH YOUR LIFE.
2. THE GREATER MY FRIENDSHIP W/GOD THE GREATER MY FRIENDSHIP WITH YOU WILL BE.
3. FRIENDSHIP WITH YOU IS A WINDOW INTO FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD.
4. FRIENDSHIP WITH YOU HELPS ME WALK IN FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD.

“We become the best version of ourselves, and we come to know Jesus best, through real friendship.”
Scott Sauls – BEFRIENDED

 

The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, “What? You too? I thought I was the only one.”
C.S. Lewis – The Four Loves