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“A true friend is the
greatest of all blessings” -
Francois de La
Rochefoucauld
 What is a Real Friendship?

• It is our Choice (John 15:12)

• It has a Cost (John 15:13)
• It should be Cherish (John 15:15)
How do we develop a real
and lasting friendship?
 1. We have to maintain a deep
relationship to each other

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant

knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you
friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have
made known unto you. John 15:15 KJV
 1. We have to maintain a deep
relationship to each other

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the

countenance of his friend. Proverbs 27:17 KJV
 2. We have to mind all possible sacrifices
that we can encounter

Greater love hath no man than this,

that a man lay down his life for his
friends. John 15:13 KJV
 2. We have to mind all possible sacrifices
that we can encounter
Two are better than one; because they have a good
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reward for their labour.

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For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to
him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another
to help him up.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 KJV
 3. We should mold our friendship with
eternity in mind
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Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and
ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and
that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask
of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
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These things I command you, that ye love one another.
John 15:16-17 KJV
 3. We should mold our friendship with
eternity in mind

A man that hath friends must shew himself

friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer
than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 KJV
IN SUMMARY
Friends are a Second Family that we can choose.
Let’s nourish it, care for it and work for it.
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