More Qualities of Great Friends

FACTS ABOUT GREAT FRIENDSHIPS:

1. GREAT friendships demonstrates  and 

TRUST

Trust is one of, if not the, most important qualities…of a friendship/marriage/family/any relationship

HONESTY

  Being honest means you can be counted on to say the truth and keep your word

4 vital questions we need to ask ourselves:

1. Do i tell the truth?

Ephesians 4

“So put away all falsehood, and tell your neighbor the truth”

2. AM I RELIABLE?

3. 3) DO I DO WHAT I SAY I’LL DO?

Proverbs 20:6

“Many people claim to be a friend, but it’s rare to find someone who is truly 

  trustworthy” 

4) Do I keep a confidence?  

     Proverbs 11:13, “A true friend will keep secrets”

2. inspire

John 14:12 

“You’re going to do even greater things than me”

Acts 1:8

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

3) GREAT FRIENDS PRAY FOR THEIR FRIENDS 

4) Great friends listen

James 1:19

“Let everyone be quick to listen and slow to speak”

5) GREAT FRIENDSHIPS PERSEVERE 

 Proverbs 27:17

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another”

Great Friends each other

Exodus 17:10-13

“Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.  When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up — one on one side, one on the other — so that his hands remained steady till sunset. So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword” 

Great friends surface blind spots

6) demonstrate