1/29 1 CORINTHIANS 15:33
33 Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.”
AVOID
Avoid evil, wicked people.
Avoid foolish people.
You can’t fix evil, wicked or foolish people.
Make sure who your friends are.
Friends of a feather flock together.
Make sure you run with the good crowd.
1/28 PROVERBS 12:26
26 The godly give good advice to their friends; the wicked lead them astray.
TRUTH
Tell the truth.
Do not mislead your friends.
The Word calls us to give good advice to our friends.
Make new friends.
Give them good advice.
Take your own advice and treat others as friends.
1/27 PROVERBS 27:9
9 The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense.
WORD
We speak kind words to our friends.
We look forward to visiting and fellowshipping with friends.
How good it would be if we made more friends.
Be a friend to have friends.
1/26 ECCLESIASTES 4:10
10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.
LIFE
Life was not meant to be lived alone.
Go along and get along.
Help others and in time of need you will get the help you need.
Life is a balance.
Time with God-time with friends-time in solitude.
This builds value for yourself and for others.
1/25 JOHN 15:13
13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
COUNT
Count the cost of self-centeredness.
Value others.
You will build value for yourself.
1/24 LUKE 16:9
9 Here’s the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your earthly possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home.
NOW
Care for other’s needs.
Be a servant.
Help others.
Honor your friends.
Honor people.
You will reap honor.
1/23 PROVERBS 17:17
17 A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.
FRIEND
We need a friend.
To have a friend, be a friend.
Treat others the way you want to be treated.
Serve others.
Pray for others.
Be a good friend.
You will have friends.
1/22 GALATIANS 6:8
8 Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.
REAP
Build your life so that your harvest will be great.
Ignore others, hate and live a self-centered life the harvest will be nothing.
It is no wonder that so many in America are living broken lives.
The harvest of self-centeredness is pain and desolation.
1/21 1 JOHN 4:11
11 Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.
YES
The call is to love one another.
Our answer is yes Lord, I will.
1/20 JOHN 15:12-15
12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.
13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
14 You are my friends if you do what I command.
15 I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.
DIRECTIVE
Jesus’ directive to us is to love one another.
His call is to serve and care for each other.
His expectation is that we lay down our lives for our friends.
This is a big command, that is ignored by most to their peril.
We reap what we sow.
Be careful to love like Jesus loves.
