bible message of the day ................................... Friendship .............. There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24, nlt). Many definitions have been given to describe friendship. Some time ago an English publication offered a prize for the best one, and A friend is one who understands our silence, was one of the thousands of entries. But the one that took first prize was this: A friend—the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out. To me, a true friend is one who knows all about you and loves you still, who gives you his or her presence, who listens with his or her heart and hears what you are saying—who accepts you for whom you are and not for what you have or havent done. A good friend is one who doesnt judge you, try to fix you, or tell you what you should do. He or she will appreciate you and your friendship and tell you so, will rejoice with you in your successes and weep with you in your sorrows. And, at times, a good friend will confront you and graciously point out a fault, but no matter what, he or she will stand by you. These friends are rare and precious. But the greatest friend of all is the One who stepped out of the ivory palaces of heaven and came to earth as a man to identify with us, and who died on the cross to save us from our sins and to give us a free pardon and the gift of eternal life. He is a friend who sticks closer than a brother and will never, not ever, no never leave us or forsake us.-Hebrews 13:5. His love is absolutely total, unconditional, and eternal. His name is Jesus. Prayer: Our Loving Father in Heaven, thank you that you are a friend of sinners and, as such, you have accepted me as a friend of yours. Help me to show my appreciation for your dying for me and accepting me as a friend of yours by my living for you, always in all ways. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, In Jesus loving Name I Pray, Amen.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 06:12:29 +0000
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