Excuse the title in the vernacular - I slip into it occasionally...
(from Boaz Ministries )
A
wise person once said, "you can tell who your true friends are by the
way they respond to the triumphs in your life." There's Biblical
foundation for discerning who our friends are. Plenty of it.
A favorite passage of Scripture is found in Romans 12 - where the Apostle Paul is encouraging believers to love genuinely, without faking it and to have the same mind toward one another. From this description of how love among friends ought to "behave", we can determine who the REAL friends are in our circle. The entire chapter is good for our edification (yea, the entire book). Sharing verses 9-16, emphasis on verse 15. Just a word to the wise....
(New International Reader's Version)
9Love must be honest and true. Hate what is evil. Hold on to what is good.
10 Love each other deeply. Honor others more than yourselves.
11 Never let the fire in your heart go out. Keep it alive. Serve the Lord.
12 When you hope, be joyful. When you suffer, be patient. When you pray, be faithful.
13 Share with God's people who are in need. Welcome others into your homes.
14 Bless those who hurt you. Bless them, and do not call down curses on them.
15 Be joyful with those who are joyful. Be sad with those who are sad.
16 Agree with each other. Don't be proud. Be willing to be a friend of people who aren't considered important. Don't think that you are better than others.
A favorite passage of Scripture is found in Romans 12 - where the Apostle Paul is encouraging believers to love genuinely, without faking it and to have the same mind toward one another. From this description of how love among friends ought to "behave", we can determine who the REAL friends are in our circle. The entire chapter is good for our edification (yea, the entire book). Sharing verses 9-16, emphasis on verse 15. Just a word to the wise....
(New International Reader's Version)
9Love must be honest and true. Hate what is evil. Hold on to what is good.
10 Love each other deeply. Honor others more than yourselves.
11 Never let the fire in your heart go out. Keep it alive. Serve the Lord.
12 When you hope, be joyful. When you suffer, be patient. When you pray, be faithful.
13 Share with God's people who are in need. Welcome others into your homes.
14 Bless those who hurt you. Bless them, and do not call down curses on them.
15 Be joyful with those who are joyful. Be sad with those who are sad.
16 Agree with each other. Don't be proud. Be willing to be a friend of people who aren't considered important. Don't think that you are better than others.
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