Counsels on Relationships

Counsel #1 — Value Of Friends

Picture: Counsel #1 — Value of Friends CR 19.1

God created us as social beings. We are encouraged, strengthened, and motivated by Christian friends with whom we can share, laugh, cry, pray, discuss, play, and worship.^[16] True Christian friendships will improve your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. CR 19.2

“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up…. Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:9-11 NKJV CR 19.3

“Things will go wrong with every one; sadness and discouragement press every soul; then a personal presence, a friend who will comfort and impart strength, will turn back the darts of the enemy that are aimed to destroy. Christian friends are not half as plentiful as they should be. In hours of temptation, in a crisis, what a value is a true friend!” Ellen White in The S.D.A. Bible Commentary, vol. 3 p 1163 CR 19.4

Reflect List some ways you can let your friends know that you value them. CR 19.5