A British tabloid once offered a prize for the best definition of a friend. Among the answers received were the following “One who multiply joys, dividends grief, and who honesty is unbreakable ,one who understands our silence. A watch that beat true all time and never runs down. However, the winning definition read; “A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out .” One that unite everyone is the need for friendship. Friendship based non honesty, understanding , commitment , and companionship. We all need a friend who will stand by us when the whole had walk away. The need for friendship is crucial today than ever before. I say this because we now live in era characterized by speed , devotion to the telly, the laptop and ipad. All of these hinder the building of the great friendships marital devotion, parents –child friendships or spiritual friendship requiring time, and attention. Thus ,we have very little time to spare . Any wonder then that we live in a world plagued by divorce , loneliness and stress? The antidote to all of these is friendship. We need friendship with others with meaningful with God . In fact friendship is the bottom line to both Christianity and Islam . The bible in summary is designed to help us relate well to other people and relate healthily to God. Both the bible and Quran are about friendships and relationships. So, learnt he art of friendship and learn it well . Good friends allow us to go the extra when we are about to give up, bear more weight when we are weak and complete the race when we are about to faint . You will find a few key principles that will help you become a good friend in the book of proverb .It is a Bible book designed to help people live wisely and keep great friends. In proverb we are reminded the need to be careful whom we choose as friends. For example God said “wise friend make you wise, but you hurt yourself by going around with fool “, but a true friend is closer than your own family ,Proverb 18;24. How about this one ?Don’t make friend with anyone who has bad temper. The emphasis in each verse of the Bible- Proverb 22;24, is a choice . Choose your friend with care you will prosper. Hang around with fool and you will suffer . The scripture have a lot of device son friendship. Friends have an incredible influence upon us if you want to be a good friend make sure you build relationship with people who take friendship seriously. Which why we must be careful whom we choose to be spouses. We must be careful who we choose to be casual friends. You see each of these people will rub off on us. If they have little good they will rub the bad off instead. People with bad temper will do no good . The scripture tell to be careful whom we associate with .We need to be careful we closely be friend people who are characterized by serial foolishness or ongoing anger .But God want to help people who has difficulties and reach out tom people who has nasty problems. But we should be careful that those who regularly ,habitually and constantly live foolishly do not become close .Instead, we should look to build friendship with true concern and care for us .Note that a good friendship require two people who commit to looking out for good of other and the health of the relationship. After the principle of choice next the principle respect for your friends’ reputation. In proverb 16;28 we are told :Gossip is no good, it causes hard feelings and comes between friends .Ever met a backstabber, the kind of people you confide in no other person than a friend . However many friendship had been ruined by gossip. But many friendship had prospered through confidentiality .If you want to be a good friend ,you refuse to knock ur buddy he’s not around .You will respect privacy and guard hi reputation You will be like a brother defending his little sister from bullies in a school yard .You will be come adamant about protecting your friend reputation .Principle of forgiveness pervade friendship. You must allow your friend to make mistakes “You will keep ur friend if you forgive them ,but you will lose your friend if you keep talking about what they did wrong “ that’s God instruction in Proverb 17;9 A good friend leaves room for error and doesn’t expect perfection . We never find a perfect friend, you get wohmsayin so you had better master the art of forgiveness . You don’t find a perfect friend in marriage either . Which is why it is essential to forgive our friends when they fail us. Friends let friends make mistake . They stand by each other when an error has been made . However, friendship suffer due to poor communication, if u wanna be a good friend talk about difficulties in friendship openly, a truly good friend is one who corrects you , kisses from enemy is nothing but lies Proverb 27;5. Correction is a sign of love .If you are a good friend , you will lovely, graciously and kindly talk to your friend about things that are detrimental to his/her spiritual growth. You got me straight? .A true friend isn’t afraid to point out your weaknesses, not arrogantly ,but out of genuine concern for your wellbeing .The greatest way to show love is to die for them John 15:13 Jesus showed this by dying to be our friend . Here are some tablets for your perusal and action: One: Winning is everything for defeat is worse than death Two: Exercise will put year onto you’re your life in your years Three: The hader you practice and work at your desires, the luckier you get Four: Dream of things that never were and ask , why not? And you realize your dream in due time Five: Persistence, staying the course are what it takes to win. Six: winner don’t dream about their ambition , they don’t talk about –they act by doing it Seven: The whole is greater the sum of the parts Eight: Abraham Lincoln said he had eight hours to chip down a tree he would spend six hours sharpening the axes. Nine: Change is only permanent law of life , you can only win if you ally with it Ten: We become what we repeatedly do thus excellence is but a habit . 11. You achieve anything in life if don’t mind who gets the credit 12. Costumers support a brand in the way fans support a sports team 13. The thin line of conceit stands between believing you can’t lose 14. Hunches are creativity trying to ooze out 15. Life is by inch is a cinch but life is by the yard is apt to be hard 16. Winners, all the time remember what the game is ,not what it means 17. Achievement is an unending journey , its hardest part is to know when to depart for the next 18. The funniest part of life is that if you refuse to accept nothing but the best, you often get the best I only need the best for my life, are u the best for me? Contact Peter via +2348161100596 A British tabloid once offered a prize for the best definition of a friend. Among the answers received were the following “One who multiply joys, dividends grief, and who honesty is unbreakable ,one who understands our silence. A watch that beat true all time and never runs down. However, the winning definition read; “A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out .” One that unite everyone is the need for friendship. Friendship based non honesty, understanding , commitment , and companionship. We all need a friend who will stand by us when the whole had walk away. The need for friendship is crucial today than ever before. I say this because we now live in era characterized by speed , devotion to the telly, the laptop and ipad. All of these hinder the building of the great friendships marital devotion, parents –child friendships or spiritual friendship requiring time, and attention. Thus ,we have very little time to spare . Any wonder then that we live in a world plagued by divorce , loneliness and stress? The antidote to all of these is friendship. We need friendship with others with meaningful with God . In fact friendship is the bottom line to both Christianity and Islam . The bible in summary is designed to help us relate well to other people and relate healthily to God. Both the bible and Quran are about friendships and relationships. So, learnt he art of friendship and learn it well . Good friends allow us to go the extra when we are about to give up, bear more weight when we are weak and complete the race when we are about to faint . You will find a few key principles that will help you become a good friend in the book of proverb .It is a Bible book designed to help people live wisely and keep great friends. In proverb we are reminded the need to be careful whom we choose as friends. For example God said “wise friend make you wise, but you hurt yourself by going around with fool “, but a true friend is closer than your own family ,Proverb 18;24. How about this one ?Don’t make friend with anyone who has bad temper. The emphasis in each verse of the Bible- Proverb 22;24, is a choice . Choose your friend with care you will prosper. Hang around with fool and you will suffer . The scripture have a lot of device son friendship. Friends have an incredible influence upon us if you want to be a good friend make sure you build relationship with people who take friendship seriously. Which why we must be careful whom we choose to be spouses. We must be careful who we choose to be casual friends. You see each of these people will rub off on us. If they have little good they will rub the bad off instead. People with bad temper will do no good . The scripture tell to be careful whom we associate with .We need to be careful we closely be friend people who are characterized by serial foolishness or ongoing anger .But God want to help people who has difficulties and reach out tom people who has nasty problems. But we should be careful that those who regularly ,habitually and constantly live foolishly do not become close .Instead, we should look to build friendship with true concern and care for us .Note that a good friendship require two people who commit to looking out for good of other and the health of the relationship. After the principle of choice next the principle respect for your friends’ reputation. In proverb 16;28 we are told :Gossip is no good, it causes hard feelings and comes between friends .Ever met a backstabber, the kind of people you confide in no other person than a friend . However many friendship had been ruined by gossip. But many friendship had prospered through confidentiality .If you want to be a good friend ,you refuse to knock ur buddy he’s not around .You will respect privacy and guard hi reputation You will be like a brother defending his little sister from bullies in a school yard .You will be come adamant about protecting your friend reputation .Principle of forgiveness pervade friendship. You must allow your friend to make mistakes “You will keep ur friend if you forgive them ,but you will lose your friend if you keep talking about what they did wrong “ that’s God instruction in Proverb 17;9 A good friend leaves room for error and doesn’t expect perfection . We never find a perfect friend, you get wohmsayin so you had better master the art of forgiveness . You don’t find a perfect friend in marriage either . Which is why it is essential to forgive our friends when they fail us. Friends let friends make mistake . They stand by each other when an error has been made . However, friendship suffer due to poor communication, if u wanna be a good friend talk about difficulties in friendship openly, a truly good friend is one who corrects you , kisses from enemy is nothing but lies Proverb 27;5. Correction is a sign of love .If you are a good friend , you will lovely, graciously and kindly talk to your friend about things that are detrimental to his/her spiritual growth. You got me straight? .A true friend isn’t afraid to point out your weaknesses, not arrogantly ,but out of genuine concern for your wellbeing .The greatest way to show love is to die for them John 15:13 Jesus showed this by dying to be our friend . Here are some tablets for your perusal and action: One: Winning is everything for defeat is worse than death Two: Exercise will put year onto you’re your life in your years Three: The hader you practice and work at your desires, the luckier you get Four: Dream of things that never were and ask , why not? And you realize your dream in due time Five: Persistence, staying the course are what it takes to win. Six: winner don’t dream about their ambition , they don’t talk about –they act by doing it Seven: The whole is greater the sum of the parts Eight: Abraham Lincoln said he had eight hours to chip down a tree he would spend six hours sharpening the axes. Nine: Change is only permanent law of life , you can only win if you ally with it Ten: We become what we repeatedly do thus excellence is but a habit . 11. You achieve anything in life if don’t mind who gets the credit 12. Costumers support a brand in the way fans support a sports team 13. The thin line of conceit stands between believing you can’t lose 14. Hunches are creativity trying to ooze out 15. Life is by inch is a cinch but life is by the yard is apt to be hard 16. Winners, all the time remember what the game is ,not what it means 17. Achievement is an unending journey , its hardest part is to know when to depart for the next 18. The funniest part of life is that if you refuse to accept nothing but the best, you often get the best I only need the best for my life, are u the best for me? Contact Peter via +2348161100596
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