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Can We Be Friends?
September 22, 2024Can We Be Friends?
Just One Friend Away | Pastor Blake Hanson | 9.22.24
Show me your friends and I’ll show you your
Proverbs 13:20 (NLT)
20 Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.
You may be friend away from changing your .
Acts 9:26–27 (NLT)
26 When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to meet with the believers, but they were all afraid of him. They did not believe he had truly become a believer!
27Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and told them how Saul had seen the Lord on the way to Damascus and how the Lord had spoken to Saul. He also told them that Saul had preached boldly in the name of Jesus in Damascus.
God uses people to help us reach our .
It’s hard to find friends because we’re not about the type of friend we need.
Three Types of Friends Everyone Needs
- A friend who in you: Samuel
1 Samuel 16:10–12 (NLT)
10 In the same way all seven of Jesse’s sons were presented to Samuel. But Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen any of these.”
11 Then Samuel asked, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied. “But he’s out in the fields watching the sheep and goats.” “Send for him at once,” Samuel said. “We will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”
12 So Jesse sent for him. He was dark and handsome, with beautiful eyes. And the Lord said, “This is the one; anoint him.”
Proverbs 27:17 (NLT)
17 As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
- A friend who helps you find spiritual : Jonathan
1 Samuel 23:15–17 (NLT)
15 One day near Horesh, David received the news that Saul was on the way to Ziph to search for him and kill him.
16 Jonathan went to find David and encouraged him to stay strong in his faith in God.
17 “Don’t be afraid…”
- A friend who tells the complete : Nathan
2 Samuel 12:7 (NLT)
7Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man!
Proverbs 27:5–6 (NLT)
5 An open rebuke is better than hidden love!
6 Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.
These types of friends you desire to have, you also should to be.
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