Circles | Week 1

Influence Proverbs 22:6 (NIV) Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Walks Proverbs 13:20 (ESV) Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. Wise Discover friends who are facing the same direction and have the same foundation of life. “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What!  You too?  I thought I was the only one.” - CS Lewis – The Four Loves Becomes Proverbs 27:17 (NIV) As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Show me your friends and I will show you your future. – Andy Stanley Discover Develop Being a good friend: 1. Be present. Proverbs 17:17 (NIV) A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. #17 Being a good friend: 1- 2. Be reliable. 18 Proverbs 18:24 (NIV) One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. 3.  Be helpful. Proverbs 27:5–6 (NIV) Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. Proverbs 28:23 (NIV) Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor rather than one who has a flattering tongue. Proverbs 27:9 (NIV) Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice. John 15:13–15 (NIV) Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.  You are my friends if you do what I command.  I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.