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The Blessing of Friends
A good friend makes you better
pr 27.17
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A good friend is with you in both good and bad times
Friends are needed both for joy and for sorrow.
Yiddish proverb
Ulysses S. Grant stated:
“The friend of my adversity I shall always cherish most.
I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.”
pr
A good friend will tell you the truth
Don’t be like George Canning who stated:
Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe
Bold I can meet, perhaps may turn his blow!
But of all plagues, good Heavens, thy wrath can send,
Save, Save, oh save me from the candid friend!
A good friend will work alongside you
True friends don’t spend time gazing into each other’s eyes.
They may show great tenderness towards each other, but they face in the same direction—toward common projects, goals—above all, towards a common Lord.
C.S. Lewis
The Bother of Friends
Laurence Peter said:
There are three kinds of friends: best friends, guest friends, and pest friends!”
Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.
Scottish proverb
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend’s forehead.
Chinese proverb
Do not be a fair weather friend
Do not be a critical friend
Do not be an unforgiving friend
Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.
Scottish proverb
Acts 20
There are at least three major consequences of true friendship found in our text.
• It helps our consecration.
“Thanked God.”
These friends helped Paul’s piety.
No one is your friend who hinders your piety.
• It helps our comfort.
“Thanked God.”
These friends were a great comfort to Paul.
Some people we thank God when we see them for they are comforting, others we thank God when they leave for they are discomforting.
A true friend brings comfort.
• It helps our courage.
“Took courage.”
Courage and encouragement are all consequences of true friends.
Those who discourage and decrease our courage to do right are not true friends at all.
Do not be a critical friend
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend’s forehead.
Chinese proverb
Do not be a pathway to evil friend
Pr 1
Pr 1.1
Do not be an unforgiving friend
The Best of Friends
True friends don’t spend time gazing into each other’s eyes.
They may show great tenderness towards each other, but they face in the same direction—toward common projects, goals—above all, towards a common Lord.
C.S. Lewis
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