
CHARACTER OF A TRUE FRIEND
Proverbs 18:24 - Friends stick closer than a brother
John 15:13 - Friends can lay their lives for you
John 15:15 - Friends are intimate confidants
Proverbs 17:17 - Friends are loyal. They never betray you.
Proverbs 27:9 - Friends give good advice
Proverbs 27:6 - Friends give correction
Job 6:14 - Friends give encouragement
Proverbs 27:17,19 - Friends are honest
Proverbs 17:9 - Friends are trustworthy.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12- Friends are dependable in times of troubles
THE GREATEST FRIEND OF ALL: JESUS CHRIST
He is the friend of sinners (Luke 7:34)
He gave His life for you (Romans 5:8, John 15:13)
He will never leave you nor forsake you (Hebrew 13:5)
He will protect you and guide you (Romans 8:31)
He wants the best life for you (John 10:10b)
WE ARE FRIENDS OF GOD THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS
James 2:23 - And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness, and he was called the friend of God."
John 15:5 - No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master does. But I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from
my Father I have made known to you.
We were reconciled with God through Jesus (Romans 5:1-12)
1John 2:15-17 - Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him, because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but he who does the will of God abides forever.
Yellow –
Signifies God’s Holiness and Radiance (Isaiah 40:25)Red – God’s Love and Christian Courage to share the Gospel (I John 4:7-8. Romans 1:16)
Blue – Peacemakers/Agents of God’s reconciliation (Ephesians 2:15-16)
Circle symbolizes eternal life (unending) which God offers to His children (John 3:16)
The Cross
symbolizes relationship with God (Vertical) and neighbor (Horizontal) (Mathew 22:37-39)