January 26, 2024
January 26, 2024
Pause. Pray. Read. Be still. Write. Pray.
Read: John 13:35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
I hope you enjoyed this week’s focus word on friendship and have taken the opportunity to reflect on what friendship means to you. I want to close out this week by leaving you with a beautiful devotional written by the late, beloved Billy Graham. I came across this devotional while searching scriptures about friendship.
“The human soul is a lonely thing. It must have the assurance of companionship. Left entirely to itself, it cannot enjoy anything. God said in the beginning, “It is not good that man should dwell alone” (Genesis 2:18). The creation of Eve was the beginning of human companionship. God’s people are a body, not intended to function separately, not intended to be unconcerned for one another. The only true body in the world is the Church. The world may talk grandly of brotherhood, but the reality of its philosophy is “each man for himself.” God’s children are guaranteed the richest and truest friendship, both here and hereafter. Only in true friendship and true love do we find a genuine basis for peace. Only God can break down the national and racial barriers that divide man today. Only God can supply that love that we must have for our fellowman. We will never build friendship of man upon earth until we are believers in Christ Jesus. The only true cohesive power in the world is Christ. He alone can bind human hearts together in genuine love.”
Prayer: Gracious God, teach me true friendship in Christ. Amen.
Pastor Kellie