Best Friends

Friends are essential for our emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being.

Friends listen to our heartaches without blaming us for having problems. The defend us when we're attack. They are happy when we succeed and sad when we fail. They give us wise counsel to keep us from making foolish choices. They even risk making us angry for the sake of making us right. My  friends have done all of this and more for me.

Perhaps the best known friendship in the Bible is that of Jonathan and David. Jonathan was heir to the throne of his father Saul. But he knew that the Lord had chosen David for that role, so he risked his own life to save his friend. (1 Sam.20).

As the Bible shows us, we need to choose friends carefull (Prov. 12:26). The very best friends are those who are friends with God and who strengthen our relationship with Him. (1 Sam. 23:16).

I do not ask for many friends, but give me Lord, the few whose loyalty and faithfulness are first of all to you.

True friends are like diamonds-precious and rare.

BIOGRAPHY OF GOD

I look for three components, which are the secret to getting to know someone: What you say about yourself, what others say about you, and what you've done. Now think of  what this means as you seek to know God: What does He say about Himself, what do others say about Him, and what has He done?

To know God in a new way, ask all three. Read the Bible to fine out what God says about Himself (Ex. 34:6-7: Lev. 19:2;Ner.32:27). Then find out what the writers say about Him and His remarkable attributes (Ps. 91:1-4; Rom. 1:16-29; 1 John 4:8-10). Finally, take a look at the amazing things God God has done (Gen. 1:1; Ex. 14: 14:10-31; John 3:16).

Get to know God. Be His biographer. It will teach you more about Him then you thought possible.

Inmortal, invisible, God only wise, In light inaccessible hide from our eyes, Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days, Almighty, victorious--Thy great name we praise.

The God who created the universe is the God who you can know.