🍲 *SHABACH YESHUA ENDLESS GOODNESS DAILY DEVOTIONAL* Wednesday 12th July 2023 ____ *TOPIC:* *MAKING FRIENDS*

 

🔑 *KEY VERSE:* 

"A man that hath friends must show himself friendly, and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother" (Proverbs 18:2a)

📖 *TODAY'S READING:* 

1 Samuel 18:1-4

📜 *ONE YEAR BIBLE STUDY PLAN* 

Amos 1-5

 *COMMENTARY* 

I hear some people say, "I have no friends." No one does not have a friend. Everyone, both good and bad has a friend. There is nothing bad in making friends except that we should be careful of the kind of friends we keep. There are good and also bad friends. One may ask who are good friends and how do I know them? Good friends are true friends and by their words and character, we know them.

Good friends build and encourage while bad friends hurt, corrupt, and destroy. Good friends are trustworthy, selfless, and true confidants while bad friends betray and disappoint. A friend that betrays and disappoints is not a true friend. Jonadab Amnon's cousin was a true picture of that kind of friend. He destroyed Amnon with his wrong advice to have sex with his (Amnon) half-sister, Tamar (II Sam. 13).

A true friend loves and helps in times of need. Jonathan was a true

friend to David. He loved David and saved his life when his father Saul planned to kill David. When he understood that David was going to be the next king he submitted to him (1 Sam. 18:1-4). We need such a friend who will encourage us to fulfill the will of God for our lives.

Making friends can make or mar. What kind of friends do you keep?

Some people come to make you while others come to mar you. Watch the kind of friend you keep. Friendship is a choice and do not be coerced into it. Anyone who cannot add value to your life should not be your friend. You cannot be better than your friend. Someone

said, “Show me your friend and I will tell you the kind of person you

are." The Bible admonished us to walk with the wise so that we can be wise too (Prov. 13:20). Be wise in your choice of friendship.

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🎚 *CONTROLLING THOUGHTS* 

Be wise in your choice of friendship.

🙏🏿 *PRAYER* 

Dear precious Holy Spirit of God, I beseech thee to connect me to friends who will add value to my life and help me to achieve God's purpose for my life. In the name of Jesus. Amen

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