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"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity." (NIV) Proverbs 17:17
Friendship is one of the important relationships that can impact our lives. Some friendships result ...
A <span class="highlight">friend</span>'s advic
... better if she prepares it as you watch and feeds you with her own hands." (NLT) 2 Samuel 13:5
Friends can make or unmake us. Just take a good look at your own life. A greater portion of it has been shaped ...
Reconciling with <span class="highlight">friend</span>s
“An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city. Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars." (NLT) Proverbs 18:19
Aside our biological families that we're born into, we ...
A contrast in <span class="highlight">friend</span>s
'A friend loves at all times...” (NIV) Proverbs 17:17
In the Old Testament, Job and Daniel had much in common because both went through serious trials and challenges. Both had great success because ...
Be a <span class="highlight">friend</span> to have a friend
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (NIV) Romans 5:8
Solomon wrote, “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity” ...
Staying focused
... about Him rarely, if ever, crosses their minds. People can go for years like this with maybe a passing thought at a funeral of a friend or family member and before they can dwell much on the thought it' ...
Distracted Missionaries
... before his period of stay is due. Such commitments are rather made in a country where one plans to live more permanently. Also, if one happens to spend just a night at a friend’s house, there would not ...
Let's develop a sense of urgenc
... He had reclined comfortably in the front passenger’s seat of a friend’s car. He happily chatted away with his friend as he drove. Immediately ahead, on the next lane to the right was a fully-loaded articulated ...
My gift to others
... you with? Jesus was so busy but kept worshipping God and helping others as His prime duties. He had time for His Father, for His friends, for relaxation, and for a good meal.
Never underrate any gift ...
The pain of bearing sin
... it. This attitude of Jesus is very rare among us who profess to follow Him. A friend sent me a message that reads thus: “There are two people in the world. Those who say, ‘Thy will be done, Lord’ and those ...
Pray for one another
... requests of their expectations for a better year. Many times, these prayer requests center on us and our well-being, our families and friends. Hardly do we extend these prayers to fellow saints/Christians ...
Are you spending time with God?
... is a grocery list of things that cause people to prosper. But friends don’t despair because the Psalmist wrote in Ps. 73:17, “Then I understood their end.” He realized that the tide was turning for these ...
Daniel’s Inspiration - Prayer
“He urged them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his friends might not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. During the night the mystery ...
Are you prepared for the answer?
... with a friend some time ago, I told her how I had continuously prayed for a future partner but I still do not see any sign of God at work. Then she asked this simple question: How many pillows do you have? ...
Urgent requests on the shelves
... for friends and loved ones who asked me to intercede for them. And yet, I am usually quick to give assurance to people that 'I will' remember them in prayers (James 5:16a). My situation is similar to how ...
And now about prayer!
... TV, noise, friends, family etc.) and welcome God’s presence daily in a peaceful and quiet place alone (privacy).
When praying, we must also mean what we say and avoid vain repetitions. We should not ...
A Still Small Voice
... hear that “still small voice”. Mother Teresa once said “We need to find God, and He cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence”.
Friends, I believe God through the Holy Spirit, ...
Don’t worry, the "how" belongs to Go
... Azariah. These ‘fearsome foursome’ had an incredible trust in God. Even in these dire straits, these young men resolved to honour God (See Daniel 1:8).
Brethren, do you think Daniel and his friends had ...
Deeper Love
... loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. You are My friends if you do whatever I command you” (John 15:12-14).
God’s example through Jesus should motivate ...
Love: our only debt
... Tears almost dropped when I received those words early in the morning from one Professor friend of mine. It was an ordinary day; it wasn’t Christmas, or New Year or Easter or Valentine’s Day. After the ...