Friends FORGIVE YOU
Gen 27:40
“You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. But when you decide to break free, you will shake his yoke from your neck.”
Friends REFRESH YOU
Proverbs 11:25 NIV
A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
Generous = One who blesses God, as an act of adoration…
Prosper = One anointed to satisfy & take away the ashes
Refreshes = Hydrates others
Refreshed = Will be refreshed like the rain falling down
Proverbs 11:25 PRMS
the one who blesses & adores our God, has an anointing to satisfy the thirsty, when he gives a cupful to a friend, God gives him a downpour.
Friends INSPIRE & ENCOURAGE YOU
Friends NOURISH YOU
Psalm 34:8 KJV
“Oh taste and see that the lord is good”
John 4:31 NLT
Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Jesus, “Rabbi, eat something.”
John 4:32 NLT
But Jesus replied, “I have a kind of food you know nothing about.”
John 4:33 NLT
“Did someone bring him food while we were gone?” the disciples asked each other.
John 4:34 NLT
Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.
Friends DEFEND YOU
Psalm 3:3 KJV
But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Proverbs 17:17 NIV
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
Friends SHAPE YOU
Romans 12:2 ICBa
Do not be shaped by this world. Instead be changed within by a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to decide what God wants for you.
Proverbs 18:24 AMP
The man of too many friends — chosen indiscriminately will be broken in pieces and come to ruin, but there is a true, loving friend who is reliable and sticks closer than a brother.