DIY: Building Better Relationships

Building Better Friendships

DIY - Building Better Relationships

Lesson 1: Building Better Friendships

October 3 & 4

You need to do it yourself, together

 

Friendship Facts

 

· Average Facebook user has 130 friends. 

 

Friendship Facts

 

· 90% of American men say their best friend is their wife

 

Friendship Facts

 

·  35% of people, male and female, say they don’t have a best friend

 

For Spiritual Growth

 

Proverbs 27:17 You use steel to sharpen steel, and one friend sharpens another. Message Bible

 

For Emotional Support

 

Romans 12:15 When others are happy, be happy with them. If they are sad, share their sorrow. The Living Bible

 

For Better Health

 

James 5:16 Admit your faults to one another and pray for each other so that you may be healed… The Living Bible

 

Never stop improving

 

Matthew 7:12 “Do for others what you want them to do for you... The Living Bible

 

Friendship is about giving not getting

 

To Be Heard

 

Philippians 2:4 Don’t just think about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and in what they are doing. The Living Bible

 

James 1:19 Dear brothers, don’t ever forget that it is best to listen much, speak little, and not become angry; The Living Bible

 

Safe

 

Proverbs 11:13 A gossip tells everything, but a true friend will keep a secret. Contemporary English Version

 

Loyalty

 

Proverbs 18:24 Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family. Message Bible

  

Proverbs 19:22 Loyalty makes a person attractiveNew Living Translation

 

Acceptance

 

Proverbs 17:9 Overlook an offense and bond a friendship; fasten on to a slight and - good-bye, friend! Message Bible

 

Honesty

 

Proverbs 27:5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love! 6 Wounds from a friend are better than kisses from an enemy! The Living Bible