Choosing A Great New Year | Part 4 – The Friends Factor!

Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future!

Proverbs 13:20 (MSG)

Become wise by walking with the wise; hang out with fools and watch your life fall to pieces.

We Make Great Friends By –  One!

Proverbs 22:11 (NLT)

Whoever loves a pure heart and gracious speech will have the king as a friend.

Great friends are !

2 Corinthians 11:29-30 (NIV)

Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? … ³⁰ If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

Proverbs 16:28 (GW)

… A gossip separates the closest of friends.

Great friends are !

1 Thessalonians 2:8 (NIV)

Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well.

We Make Great Friends By – For Them!

Luke 6:12-13 (LB)

Jesus went to the mountains to pray, and prayed all night. ¹³ At daybreak he called together his followers and chose twelve of them to be the inner circle of his disciples!

Pray for character !

Proverbs 12:26 (NIRV)

Godly people are careful about the friends they choose.

Proverbs 29:24 (MSG)

Befriend an outlaw and become an enemy to yourself.

Proverbs 22:24 (NIV)

Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered …

1 Corinthians 15:33 (NIV)

Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

Pray for friends!

1 Samuel 18:1 (NASV)

Now it came about when David had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

1 Samuel 23:16 (NIV)

Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh (when David was on the run for his life) and helped him find strength in God.

We Make Great Friends By – Them!

John 1:43 (NLT)

The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come, follow me.”

Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future!