Phat Friends

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• It is not good for the man to be alone.
• Genesis 218

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• He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a
  companion of fools suffers harm.
• Proverbs 1320

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Ecclesiastes 47-12
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The Problem With Friendships

• Discontentment a slave to your job

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The Problem With Friendships

• Good friendships take time to be cultivated.

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The Power of Friendships

• Good friends lighten your workload when it gets
  too heavy to bear alone. (Ecclesiastes 49)

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The Power of Friendships

• Good friends are there in time of need.
  (Ecclesiastes 410)

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The Power of Friendships

• Good friends are loyal.

A friend loves at all times and a brother is born
for adversity. Proverbs 1717
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• A man of many companions may come to ruin, but
  there is a friend who sticks closer than a
  brother. Proverbs 1824

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The Power of Friendships

• Good friends bring out the best in you by being
  open and honest.

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens
another. Proverbs 2717
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• Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy
  multiplies kisses. Proverbs 276

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The Power of Friendships

• Good friends lend their support when you are
  vulnerable. (Ecclesiastes 411)

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• And Sauls son Jonathan went to David at Horesh
  and helped him find strength in God. 1
  Samuel 2316

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• Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and
  the pleasantness of ones friend springs from his
  earnest counsel. Proverbs 279

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The Power of Friendships

• Good friends protect you when you are attacked.
  (Ecclesiastes 412)

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• Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring
  lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter
  58

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Jesus Has All the Qualities of a Good Friend

• He invites you to come to Him and give Him your
  heavy load.

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• "Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened,
  and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you
  and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in
  heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For
  My yoke is easy and My burden is light.
• Matthew 1128-30

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Jesus Has All the Qualities of a Good Friend

• He is there in time of need. He is the friend who
  loves at all times and is closer than a brother.

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• And be sure of this I am with you always, even
  to the end of the age.
• Matthew 1128-30

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Jesus Has All the Qualities of a Good Friend

• He gives His support when you are vulnerable.

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• At my first defense, no one came to my support,
  but everyone deserted me. May it not be held
  against them. But the Lord stood at my side and
  gave me strength, so that through me the message
  might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles
  might hear it. And I was delivered from the
  lion's mouth.
• 2 Timothy 416-17

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Jesus Has All the Qualities of a Good Friend

• He is your protection when you are attacked.

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• My prayer is not that you take them out of the
  world but that you protect them from the evil
  one. John 1715
• The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack
  and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom.
  To Him be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 2
  Timothy 418

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Jesus Has All the Qualities of a Good Friend

• He calls you His friend.

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• You are My friends if you do what I command. I
  no longer call you servants, because a servant
  does not know his master's business. Instead, I
  have called you friends, for everything that I
  learned from My Father I have made known to you.
  
• John 1514-15