“True Friendship”

Ecclesiastes 4.9-12

The very best investments you will ever make in life will be in relationships.

Proverbs 18.24 “A man who has friends must himself be friendly…”

Four realities of a ‘true friend’ are…

1. Someone who helps you when you’re down

• How can you tell the difference between acquaintances and friends?

Proverbs 17.17 “A friend loves at all times…”

2. Someone who provides emotional/physical strength

• How am I going to make it through this right now?• There are two kinds of people

in the world, encouragers and discouragers

• Why not decide to be an encourager!

3. Someone who will fight to protect you or your reputation

• True friends never stab you in the back, they have your back

• Gossip is when someone says something negative towards someone who isn’t present

4. Someone who is committed to helping you spiritually Proverbs 27.27 “ As iron sharpens iron, a man sharpens his friend”

• True friends want to see us continue to grow

Proverbs 18.24 “…but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother”

John 15.13 “Greater love has no one that this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”

“True Friendship”

Ecclesiastes 4.9-12