GIVE ME FRIENDS LIKE THESE DEAR LORD

Post date: Dec 4, 2015 1:01:42 AM

Your life can turn around for the best or turnaround for the worse by your friends. The type and kind of friends that are close to you, who you give your ears to, your strength to, your words, and your entire body to can influence what you become physically and spiritually in this life. while the Holy Spirit is there to guide us and to lead us, friends has their own divines functions in our lives as we look forward to the blessings, peace, and direction of God for our lives. God in His absolute wisdom had designed human beings to relate with one another, to help one another and to be a source of strength to each other. Living alone is not the best and it’s not God’s plans for you in anyway and having wicked people as friends is the worst thing that will ever happen to you. In creation, God made everything in pairs for a purpose. Jesus Christ sent His disciples out in pairs for a purpose. You will definitely need friends like these;

“One day while Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of religious law were sitting nearby. It seemed that these men showed up from every village in all Galilee and Judea, as well as from Jerusalem. And the Lord’s healing power was strongly with Jesus. Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a sleeping mat. They tried to take him inside to Jesus, but they couldn’t reach him because of the crowd. So they went up to the roof and took off some tiles. Then they lowered the sick man on his mat down into the crowd, right in front of Jesus. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the man, Young man, your sins are forgiven. But the Pharisees and teachers of religious law said to themselves, who does he think he is? That’s blasphemy. Only God can forgive sins. Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he asked them, why do you question this in your hearts? Is it easier to say your sins are forgiven, or Stand up and walk? So I will prove to you that the Son of Man has the authority on earth to forgive sins. Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, stand up, pick up your mat, and go home. And immediately, as everyone watched, the man jumped up, picked up his mat, and went home praising God. Everyone was gripped with great wonder and awe, and they praised God, exclaiming, we have seen amazing things today.” Luke 5:17-26

This man was completely helpless to himself because of his situation but his friends were to help him; he was completely hopeless after many years, but his friends did not give up hope of him receiving healing and being restored; people had written off in every area of his life but these four friends stood by him. His family had abandoned him but his friends did not abandon him. Despite this man’s condition, his friends still believed him with  hope, still offered him help and did offered themselves to do something at his crucial moment in life. They still believed he can still receive favor from God; they believed his situation was not helpless; though he was sick and

completely paralyzed his friends were not paralyzed, he was unable to move his body, unable to use his hands, his legs, his voice, his limps, and his brain, his friends offered theirs for him; he was rejected by family and they were waiting to see him die, but his friends were waiting for an opportunity to take him before Jesus Christ; though he was not able to do anything, his friends were ready to do everything for him; he was kept behind closed doors for years, but that day his friends decided to open the doors and take him outside. These are the kind of friends that is fit for you. The kind and type of friends that offered themselves at all cost and had great values for you despite your situation.

These friends had opposition from the crowd when rendering their duties to their friend, they people refused to assist them in clearing for them, but they did not give up their friend and did not give up their mission. They had challenges but were determined to pay the ultimate price for their friend even if it requires them to replace the roof; at the end, their joy was full to see their friend restored. God will give you such friends in Jesus Name. For Prayers Click here