Who You Hang With Matters

Who You Hang With Matters

Proverbs 13:20

ISRAEL’S FOLLY Exodus 34:11-16 Judges 2:1-3, 11-15

THE IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDSHIPS

Ecclesiastes 4:9 – “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up.”

THE IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDSHIPS

1 Samuel 18:1-2 – “As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.”

Proverbs 13:20 – “Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise…”

RELATIONSHIP WARNINGS Proverbs 13:20(b) – “…, but the

companion of fools will suffer harm.”

Solomon – 1 Kings 3 & 11 Rehoboam – 1 Kings 12 Luke 14:26 Matthew 10:34-39 1 Peter 4:3-5 1

Corinthians 15:33

HITTING THE GUARDRAILS OF FRIENDSHIPS

You realize that your friend’s core values are radically different than your own.

You find yourself trying to defend the wrong behavior of your friends.

You feel pressure to compromise.

HITTING THE GUARDRAILS OF FRIENDSHIPS

You find yourself pretending to be someone other than who you know you are.

You hope the people you love and care about the most don’t find out where you’ve been or who you’ve been with.

Parents need to help our young people learn how to

drive through these relationships.

Who You Hang With Matters

Proverbs 13:20