A Friend Is: a comrade - a
confidant - a backer - an advocate - an ally - an associate - a companion - a colleague - a person known well to another.
Four Levels
of Friendship: Many people lack a clear
understanding of the levels of friendship, which involve specific freedoms and
responsibilities, depending on the closeness of the relationship.
The four levels of friendship are (1) acquaintance, (2) casual
friendship, (3) close friendship (fellowship), and (4) intimate friendship.
Friendship Quotes
Fake friends: once they stop talking to you, they start
talking about you. Don't sweat it, you deserved better anyway.
Only a true
friend will tell you to your face what others are saying behind your
back.
Friendship isn't about who you've known the longest,
it's about who walked into your life, said "I'm here for you," and
PROVED it.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world
walks out.
Sitting silently beside a friend who is hurting may be the best gift we can give." Unknown
Before
borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most.
If
a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can
do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
A
loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good, and sympathizes
with your problems when they’re not so bad.
Friends
buy you food. Best friends eat your food!
Husbands
and wives (#4) Brothers and sisters
should be at least (#3).
Proverbs
18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself
friendly: and there is a friend that
sticketh closer than a brother.
Proverbs
17:17 A friend loveth at
all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
(Help in time of need, mine)
John
15:15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his
master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I
learned from my Father I have made known to you.
John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his
life for his friends.
Choose wholesome friends. You
CAN find wholesome friends in the local assembly (Church)! it is a place of refuge, friendship and
community. It is a place where you can come
when things are going well and also when you have really messed up!
There
are people in the local assembly who have found answers to life and want to
help you find answers also.
Forget the
past. Believe again, trust again, love
again! Be a friends again!
Of
course, Jesus Christ is your BEST AND GREATEST friend!
