(I LOVE THESE PEOPLE (and many others who aren't in this picture)!!!!!!)
Friends, oh how much fun they are. We all have friends, and we love our friends, even if you're to manly to admit it. I'm not ashamed to say i love my friends, I tell them I do here and there, and they say they love me back. Sure they're people out there that might think that I'm "gay" or "girly" but that's only because the media potrays that kind of thing like that. (I'm not by the way.) Love is a good thing, it's a great thing, and as Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." And again in 1 Corinthians 13:13 "And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." As you can see, love is awesome, and God loves you, with all His being.
Back to the topic, we all have friends, they love us and we love them. With out them, we would be lonely, we wouldn't be strong, instead we'd be weak Even if you look strong on the outside, inside your weak and alone. As King Solomon put it in Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 "Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up. Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one be warm alone? Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken." Remember how I said in the previous blog about how God provided me with wonderful friends after i made the choice to be a christian? And do you remember how i said that without them i would have fallen away? well its true, and the scripture i just typed proves it. Two ARE better than one. If you were alone, you would'nt have anyone to comfort you, to encourage you, to help you up when you fall. Your life would be sad, and depressing. Proverbs 11:14 "Where there is no counsel, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety." Don't you see? Where there is no counsel the people fall, it's pretty much saying that without someone there to give advice, to be there for you, you ARE going to fall. It's inevitable. I used to get depressed alot, and what kept me from committing suicide was my friends. I always had someone there to comfort me when i was sad and to lift up my spirits. That's what we need, you know. (More importantly God but i will get into that in the end of this blog). We need people out there to encourage us and support us, and better yet, we need to do that to our friends. We can't always recieve, we need to give back as well. That's how a friendship works. One gives, and the other gives back. Hebrews 10:25 "Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching." We are a light to our friends, as they are a light to ours.
But the most important light of all is God. He is our marvelous light. The light that will always be there for us, especially when the storm crashes in our lives and we're surrounded by darkness. When you feel as if all hope is lost, and that you're all alone, God will always be there with open arms. In fact, when you cry out to Him, when you give Him all your worries and pain, He holds you in His arms. He holds you close and He is constantly whispering to you that He loves you, and that you're not alone. He is what you need most in the world, especially now, with all the chaos, pain, and suffering going on. God is the only one that can fix your problems, I learned that. I felt as if no one could ever fix the depression inside of me, but after i gave it all to Him, i was healed. THERE NO LIFE SO DARK, NO SIN SO SHOCKING, NO ATTITUDE SO BAD, NO RELATIONSHIP SO APPALLING, NO PIT SO DEEP, NO SICKNESS SO DREADFUL THAT GOD CAN'T HEAL OR REDEEM! Always remember that. Also remember and know that God wants to be your friend and your lover. He is your most important friend and lover. Listen to what Jesus says in John 15:14-15 "You are My friends if you do what i cammand you. No longer do i call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that i have heard from My father I have made known to you." God doesn't want slaves, He wants friends. Just look at the relationship King David had with God. Whenever David was to go to war, he would consult with God on whether he should do it or not. And look at the relationship Adam had with God in the beginning of Genesis. God allowed Adam to name all the animals of the world, and to name his partner, woman. God just doesn't want people who listen and do His everyword, and that's it. He wants us to do that and also have a relationship with Him. Like i said before, God wants our hearts, as well as our friendship and love.
Lord, our God, we are so deeply grateful for the friendship we have with you, and the friendships you have provided for us. I pray God that our relationship begins to grow, and to never stop growing. That we would not see our selves as slaves, but as co heirs with christ, and friends with you. To develop that relationship You and King David have, to be able to talk with you openly and not as slaves. We love you God, and we are yours, as you are ours. In your sons name we pray, Amen.
Back to the topic, we all have friends, they love us and we love them. With out them, we would be lonely, we wouldn't be strong, instead we'd be weak Even if you look strong on the outside, inside your weak and alone. As King Solomon put it in Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 "Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up. Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one be warm alone? Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken." Remember how I said in the previous blog about how God provided me with wonderful friends after i made the choice to be a christian? And do you remember how i said that without them i would have fallen away? well its true, and the scripture i just typed proves it. Two ARE better than one. If you were alone, you would'nt have anyone to comfort you, to encourage you, to help you up when you fall. Your life would be sad, and depressing. Proverbs 11:14 "Where there is no counsel, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety." Don't you see? Where there is no counsel the people fall, it's pretty much saying that without someone there to give advice, to be there for you, you ARE going to fall. It's inevitable. I used to get depressed alot, and what kept me from committing suicide was my friends. I always had someone there to comfort me when i was sad and to lift up my spirits. That's what we need, you know. (More importantly God but i will get into that in the end of this blog). We need people out there to encourage us and support us, and better yet, we need to do that to our friends. We can't always recieve, we need to give back as well. That's how a friendship works. One gives, and the other gives back. Hebrews 10:25 "Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching." We are a light to our friends, as they are a light to ours.
But the most important light of all is God. He is our marvelous light. The light that will always be there for us, especially when the storm crashes in our lives and we're surrounded by darkness. When you feel as if all hope is lost, and that you're all alone, God will always be there with open arms. In fact, when you cry out to Him, when you give Him all your worries and pain, He holds you in His arms. He holds you close and He is constantly whispering to you that He loves you, and that you're not alone. He is what you need most in the world, especially now, with all the chaos, pain, and suffering going on. God is the only one that can fix your problems, I learned that. I felt as if no one could ever fix the depression inside of me, but after i gave it all to Him, i was healed. THERE NO LIFE SO DARK, NO SIN SO SHOCKING, NO ATTITUDE SO BAD, NO RELATIONSHIP SO APPALLING, NO PIT SO DEEP, NO SICKNESS SO DREADFUL THAT GOD CAN'T HEAL OR REDEEM! Always remember that. Also remember and know that God wants to be your friend and your lover. He is your most important friend and lover. Listen to what Jesus says in John 15:14-15 "You are My friends if you do what i cammand you. No longer do i call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that i have heard from My father I have made known to you." God doesn't want slaves, He wants friends. Just look at the relationship King David had with God. Whenever David was to go to war, he would consult with God on whether he should do it or not. And look at the relationship Adam had with God in the beginning of Genesis. God allowed Adam to name all the animals of the world, and to name his partner, woman. God just doesn't want people who listen and do His everyword, and that's it. He wants us to do that and also have a relationship with Him. Like i said before, God wants our hearts, as well as our friendship and love.
Lord, our God, we are so deeply grateful for the friendship we have with you, and the friendships you have provided for us. I pray God that our relationship begins to grow, and to never stop growing. That we would not see our selves as slaves, but as co heirs with christ, and friends with you. To develop that relationship You and King David have, to be able to talk with you openly and not as slaves. We love you God, and we are yours, as you are ours. In your sons name we pray, Amen.
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