Proverbs 17:17
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”
Q: Why is true biblical friendship so important to you?
Proverbs 18:24
“A man of too many friends comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”
Q: Why do you need to be careful in calling just anyone “friend”?
Q: Describe a BIBLICAL friend.
Q: What is your personal standard for allowing someone to be your friend?
Proverbs 15:22
“Without consultation, plans are frustrated, but with many counselors they succeed.”
Q: Why is it important to listen to your “true biblical friends?”
Psalms 71:4
“Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of the wrongdoer and ruthless man.”
Q: Describe someone you are befriending or have befriended who is/was a bad influence on you, and describe the rise and fall of the friendship.
Picture
John 15:12-14
“This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you.”
Q: Describe Jesus’ friendship. What does His friendship mean to you?
Q: What can you learn from His friendship, and how can you use His example to be a better friend?
Q: How do you show your friendship to Jesus, and how can you improve that friendship?
Paul
2 Timothy 1:3
“I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day.”
Q: Why is praying for your friends so important? Why should you have a daily prayer reminder to pray for your friends?
2 Timothy 2:2
“The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”
Q: Describe the importance of teaching Jesus’ Word to your friends and investing deeply into their spiritual growth.
Peter
1 Peter 4:3-5
“For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries. In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them into the same excesses of dissipation, and they malign you; but they will give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.”
Q: What is Peter asking you to do in this passage?
Q: Do you have any “friends” that you need to distance yourself from? Why?
APPLICATION:
How do these passages relate to me today? What changes do they bring to my life?
LOCKER ROOM:
Is there anything this week that you have been enslaved to, and how we can help you?
