It’s hard to build great, close knit friendships as adults. Maybe we’re just busy. Or maybe we’ve been hurt in the past. But for many of us, our best friendships are in the past and not in the present. Loneliness is reported to be a major issue in our culture from all age groups, yet we still find making new close friends very difficult. In today’s teaching, we are going to talk about why the Bible says having close friends is so important, not only for your mental and physical health but your spiritual health. We tend to become like the people closest to us and if you did become more like those closest, how would your life be different? Would you be closer to God or further away?

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MESSAGE NOTES

Ecclesiastes 4:8

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Proverbs 27:5-6

“It takes courage to build extraordinary friendships.”

“Fear hides from others. Faith moves towards others.”

Proverbs 27:9

“It takes time to build extraordinary friendships.”

Proverbs 27:10

2 Thessalonians 3:6

Proverbs 27:17

It’s hard to build great, close knit friendships as adults. Maybe we’re just busy. Or maybe we’ve been hurt in the past. But for many of us, our best friendships are in the past and not in the present. Loneliness is reported to be a major issue in our culture from all age groups, yet we still find making new close friends very difficult. In today’s teaching, we are going to talk about why the Bible says having close friends is so important, not only for your mental and physical health but your spiritual health. We tend to become like the people closest to us and if you did become more like those closest, how would your life be different? Would you be closer to God or further away?