What is a true friend?

• Friends are giving. I Sam 18:4
• Friends are loyal. I Sam 19:4-5
• Friends are trustworthy. I Sam. 20:1-4 
• Friends let us be real no matter how scary that is. I Sam 20:41-42
• Friends find the good in us & encourage us. I Sam 23:15-18

Verses to guide our friendships:

A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends.
Job 6:14a NIV

 

The righteous are cautious in friendship. Prov. 12:16

 

A friend loves at all times. Prov. 17:17

 

Jesus laid down his life for his friends. Jn. 15:13

 

Two are better than one… Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

 

Questions to Consider:

 

Do you find yourself building your friends up or tearing them down?

 

How do the words you speak affect your friendships?

 

How do you handle being left out and how can God help?

 

Have you ever talked bad about a friend to make yourself look better?

 

How can you be a “Jesus” girl friend?

 

A true friend shares freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably. William Penn