Daily Devotional
Daily Devotional: Are you a friend you’d want to have?
June 21, 2019
BIBLE MEDITATION:
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous. 1 Peter 3:8
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
A recent study just revealed that the average adult has not made a new friend—not even one—in the last five years. Why is it so hard to make a new friend or to find one? Maybe because we’re too busy. Maybe because we lack the five qualities of friendship. Take this quiz. Give yourself 20 points for each quality manifested in your life:
- Harmony. We are to be of one mind, not necessarily singing the same note, but complementing one another.
- Sympathy. We hurt when friends hurt. The world is looking for friends like this.
- Fraternity. We are to love one another like brothers. There is no brotherhood like the brotherhood in Jesus Christ.
- Empathy. If you want to be a real friend, you’re going to have to feel deeply. You’ll need to put yourself in the place of the other person.
- Humility. Genuine courtesy is thinking of the other person’s needs before your own. You are less concerned with your rights, and more concerned about the relationship.
ACTION POINT:
How did you score? Four out of five give you 80%--that’s just barely a “B.” Begin to develop these characteristics of friendship in your life and watch God change your world!
FOR YOUR GIFT TO THE MINISTRY
Front Porch Moments by Gayle Foster
WITH KEY INSIGHTS FROM HER FATHER, ADRIAN ROGERS
I try to unplug each morning with Jesus with just my rocking chair, my Bible, and a pen.
Having a secret place is very important because I know that Jesus is always there waiting for me. I know where I can find Him! His presence is everywhere, but there are places where it is so thick you can cut it with a knife. You may not even have a front porch, but there is a secret place for you as well. God’s invitations are for anyone who will respond. There is no more important request than the one found in Psalm 27:8: “My heart has heard You say, ‘Come and talk with Me.’ And my heart responds, ‘Lord, I am coming.’”
