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Sunday, January 20, 2013. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12. Bro. Steve Gaines
A New Day for Your Friendships
1. Gods guidelines for friendships.
- Prlends can be closer than family. Prov. 18:24
- Prlends should encourage. Job 6:14
- Prlends should be loyal. Prov. 17:17
- Prlends should be honest. Prov. 27:6
- Prlends wlll sometlmes fail one another. Job 19:14; Ps. 41:9
- |t's slnful to separate godly friendships. Prov. 16:28, 17:9; Matt. 19:6
- |t's slnful to befrlend thls evll world. Jam. 4:4
- 8ellevers' best frlends should not be unbellevers. 2 Cor. 6:1418
- 8ellevers befrlend unbellevers to evangelize them. Matt. 11:19
- The best frlends are Christian friends. 3 John 1:15
2. The gift of friendship. Eccl. 4:912

- Prlendshlp promotes productivity. Eccl. 4:9
- Prlendshlp perpetuates stablllty. Eccl. 4:10
- Prlendshlp provldes intimacy. Eccl. 4:11
- Prlendshlp produces security. Eccl. 4:12
3. Some goals for friendships.
- Encouraging friendships.
- Evangelistic friendships.
- Equipping friendships.
4. The greatest frlendshlp.
- Abraham was God's frlend. Jam. 2:23
- Moses was God's frlend. Ex. 33:11a
- You can be God's frlend. John 15:1315