Relationship Rehab | Relearning Friendship| Part 1

RELATIONSHIP REHAB

Part 1: Relearning Friendship

February 4, 2024

Proverbs 12:26 (NIV) A righteous person is cautious in friendship, the ways of evil people can lead them to do wrong.

Casual friends can be the result of my ,

but close friends should be the result of my .

Proverbs 18:24 (ESV) A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Casual to Close

• – Crowds Place
• – Available Place
• – Comfortable Place
• – Shared Place
• – Intimate Place

Sometimes you need to ,

not enter .

• People who like to .

Proverbs 20:3 (TEV) Any fool can start arguments; the honorable thing is to stay out of them.

• People who .

Proverbs 20:19 (CEV) Stay away from gossips– they can’t keep a secret and they tell everything.

• People who .

Proverbs 29:5 (TLB) Flattery is a trap; evil people get caught in it, but good people avoid it and are free.

Proverbs 64:2 (TLB) They are friendly to my face, but they cursed me in their hearts, and they delight in telling lies about me.

• People who can’t .

Proverbs 22:24-25 (NIV) Don’t make friends with a hot-tempered person. Don’t associate with anyone easily angered, or you’ll learn to be like them and not able to change.

Proverbs 27:19 (LB) A mirror reflects a man’s face but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.

What Does it Mean to Be a Friend?

Romans 1:12 (NLT) When we get together, I want to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours.

1. Share the .

Romans 12:15 (NIV) Rejoice with those who rejoice…

Romans 12:15 (NIV) Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

2. Share the .

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (NIV) Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

3. Share the .

Galatians 6:2 (NIV) Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

1 John 1:6-7 (NLT) So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowshipwith each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

4. Share .

Proverbs 18:24 (LB) There are ‘friends’ who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Acts 2:42-47 (NIV) They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer…They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts.

5. Share the .

Proverbs 24:26 (TEV) An honest answer is a sign of true friendship.

John 17:17 (NLT) Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.

6. And afterward, they .

Proverbs 17:17(NIV) A friend loves at all times.

Job 6:14 (NIV) A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Romans 15:7 (NIV) Accept each other, just as Christ accepted you.