Daily Devotional

-September 10, 2021-

Good morning, happy Friday,

-Good Friends In Bad Times, in Good Times, At All Times-

“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity” (Proverbs 17:17).

“A man who has friends must himself be friendly, but there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother” (Proverbs 18:24).

Friendship is not defined by good times only but rather by bad times also. When you have a friend, he or she loves you for who you are, and stands by you when no one else will. Solomon wrote, “there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.” When we have friends who are also brothers or sisters in Christ, we are doubly blessed.

Jesus is not only our Lord and Savior, He is our friend. He said in John 15:13-14, “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.” Jesus loved us and laid down His life for us. Jesus is our best friend; He never leaves us nor forsakes us.

To have friends we must show ourselves to be friendly. To have true blue friends, we must be a true blue friend to them. Friends provide us with a shoulder to cry on and also one to lean on.

When we choose godly friends, we will draw closer to Christ; but if we choose ungodly friends they will lead us astray. Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 10:33, “Do not be deceived: ‘Evil company corrupts good habits.’”

Have a blessed day thanking God for our friends and being a good friend at all times. Stay safe and healthy.

In His grace,

Dean