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Shortest way to London
Winner – Shortest way to London is good company!
Friendship in America
100,000 move every 24 hoursSome change jobs 4 times each
decadeWe know 500 to 2,000 peopleMaybe 4 or 5 friends
A Friend Loves At All Times
Proverbs 17:17
Let’s define
Friend
“I’m so booked, my definition of a friend is someone who doesn’t call me.”Julie Hoover, former vice president at ABC
Friends are often like shoes
Dress
Sports
Causal
Business
“I went out to find a friend,But could not find one there:I went out to be a friend.And friends were everywhere!”(anonymous)
Friendship is Commitment
Let’s define
Love
Love is more than a Hug
Survey: Qualities for Friends
1. The ability to keep confidences2. Loyalty3. Warmth and affection
Love is Loyalty
Trustworthiness
Faithfulness
Let’s define
At All Times
When you’re Grumpy
“A true friend is the person who knows all about you, and still likes you.”E. Hubbard
When Trouble hits
You can always tell a real friend: when you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job.(anonymous)
When you Open Your Mouth
Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13)
Being a friend
• Imitating Jesus• Leading people to Jesus
Leading friends to salvation
• Hear Romans 10:17• Believe Ephesians 2:8• Repent Acts 2:38• Confess Matthew 10:32-33• Baptism John 15:14; Mark
16:15-16
If you need:
• Prayers• To share a
need