Are your friendships in alignment with God’s design?

Does the Bible give us specific friendship guidelines? These Scriptures may surprise you.

Welcome to Staying Real About Faith & Family. If you’re looking for a community where you can get real about life without resistance, you’re in the right place.

I’m Linda Goldfarb. Each week, Heather Greer and I offer personal insight to encourage transparent living from a biblical viewpoint with practical applications. Staying Real with the Holy Spirit’s leading is what we’re all about – we pray today’s episode blesses you.

The Bible says a lot about friendships

If you look up friends or friendship in the Bible… depending on your translation, you’ll find a lot of content. Today, we look at five passages of Scripture and their correlation to the friendships we have in our lives.

• Luke 15:6 Friends share moments of joy with each other. 
• Proverbs 22:24-25 The friends we choose impact our spiritual growth. 
• James 4:4 True friendship with God requires separation from the world. 
• John 15:15 You are invited to have a Friendship with Christ.
• 3 John 13-15 Friendships are best-experienced face-to-face.

Today’s thought Consideration – Friendships are important to Father God.

Here’s a snippet from Lucy and Ethel’s Friendship song for your enjoyment.

May YHWH bless you and keep you in all you do until next time; this is Linda Goldfarb and Heather staying real about Faith and family.