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FRIENDSHIP- 2

Text: Proverbs 17:17.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

 *It's important to be friendly with everyone, but it's much more important to be selective in choosing your friends.* 

Being friendly is to be generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.  However, not everyone can qualify to be your friend. 

A friend among other things is someone you share your life with and vice versa. That someone can be a member of your family or someone you are not related to at all. But friends in the true sense of the word has the ability to make or mar you, hence, the need to choose your friends carefully. 

Let these nuggets guide you into how to choose your friends.

1.) *You choose your friends* and not the other way round. The decision to be friends with someone should lie exclusively with you. Never be pressured or bullied into becoming someone's friend.

2.) *You should know your values.* Whoever does not share the same value with you is not qualified to be your friend.

3.) *You should have boundaries.* Regardless of how tempting or juicy the idea may be, if its against your standard or beliefs, never lower your guards. If you don't go out anytime from 9:00pm, no friend should make you do so, if you don't go to certain places, no friend should make you go, if you don't do certain things as per your values and belief system, no friend should make you do them.

4.) *You should know when to walk away.* Know that everything in this world has expiry date and that includes friendship sometimes. Let go of some friends once they have overstayed their relevance. *Holding on to friendship or relationship that has expired will only bring you pain and anguish. Be guided.* 

Bible Reading:

Luke 11:5-8.

PRAYER FOCUS

1.) Father Lord, I receive the grace to be friendly to the right people and the wisdom to choose my friends wisely. 

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