A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. Prov. 17:17 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Gal. 6:2 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the [...]
Tag Archives: friendship
A Prayer about Every-Season Friendship
March 5, 2013 – 4:59 am
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Prov. 17:17 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Prov. 18:24 Dear Lord Jesus, these Scriptures make us immediately think about you. For there’s no question about your commitment [...]
A Prayer for Planting Tears for Entangled Friends
February 25, 2013 – 5:55 am
Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him. Ps.126:5-6 Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. [...]
A Prayer Thanking Jesus for Friendship and Our Friends
October 14, 2012 – 3:54 am
After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself. From that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house. And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. 1 Sam. [...]
A Prayer Remembering Our Long-standing Friendships
July 7, 2012 – 4:45 am
For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. Philem. 1:7 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But [...]
A Prayer for Being a Friend Who Refreshes Others
June 12, 2012 – 4:52 am
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me earnestly and found me. 2 Tim. 1:16-17 Dear Lord Jesus, Onesiphorus is just one of many of my brothers [...]
A Prayer about Living in Line with the Truth of the Gospel
May 2, 2012 – 5:35 am
When Cephas (Peter) came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged [...]
A Prayer about Friends Finishing Well in the Gospel
March 17, 2012 – 5:15 am
See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ, if [...]
A Prayer about Jesus, the Friend of Sinners, and Our Call to Friendship
March 5, 2012 – 5:08 am
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Prov. 17:17 Lord Jesus, first and foremost, this Scripture is about you. No one loves “at all times” like you. You will never leave us or forsake us, and there’s no ebbing or flowing, rising and falling, heating up or cooling down [...]
A Prayer Celebrating There’s not More Than the Gospel, Just More of It
November 22, 2011 – 6:59 am
Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat. Heb. 13:9-10 Jesus, as I think [...]
