F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Request.

Casual Friends Are The Result Of Circumstances.    Close Friends Are The Result Of Choices.  

The righteous choose their friends carefully.  Proverbs 12:26 (NIV) 

F.R.I.E.N.D.S.  1 Corinthians 13

(F)ight for you. 

Does Not Delight In Evil. Rejoices In Truth. vs. 5, 6

(R)espect you. 

Does Not Envy.  Does Not Boast.

Is Not Proud.   Is Not Rude.   Is Not Selfish.

Is Not Easily Angered. 

Keeps No Of Record Of Wrongs. vs. 4-5

(I)nvolve you. 

"Learn the international language of a smile. 

If you don't know what to do or don't know what to say, the least you can do is smile."

"Ask yourself seriously, 'Would You Want You As A Friend?'"

"Negative people have negative attitudes that repel people. Positive people have positive attitudes that attract people."

(E)ncourage you. 

Love Is Patient.  Love Is Kind.  vs. 4

(N)EED YOU. 

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another:  

‘What? You too! I Thought I was the only one’” - C.S. Lewis

(D)ESERVE YOU. 

Always Protects. Always Trusts. Always Hopes. Always Perseveres. vs. 7

(S)AVE YOU.

Love Never Fails.  vs. 8      “Expressionless love is not love”     (story guy falls in hole, Dr, Rabbi)

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.  John 15:13

REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE CAN CHANGE! - The Story Of The Formerly Demon-Possessed Friend: Luke 8:26-39