Day 20

Each relationship we have, nurtures a strength or weakness within us..
1. Good friends must be wisely chosen
Proverbs 12:26, “The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.”..
2. Good friends don’t gossip
Proverbs 16:28, “Troublemakers start fights; gossips break up friendships.”..
3. Good friends are loyal
Proverbs 17:17, “Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble.”..
4. Good friends speak the truth
Proverbs 27:5-6, “It’s better to be corrected openly if it stems from hidden love. You can trust a friend who wounds you with his honesty, but your enemy’s pretended flattery comes from insincerity.”..
5. Good friends sharpen one another
Proverbs 27:17, “You use steel to sharpen steel, and one friend sharpens another.”..
6. Good friends offer great advice
Proverbs 27:9, “Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.”..
7. Good friends laugh and cry with their friends
Romans 12:15, “Laugh with your happy friends when they’re happy; share tears when they’re down.”..
8. Good friends know boundaries
Proverbs 25:17, “And when you find a friend don’t outwear your welcome; show up at all hours, and he’ll soon get fed up.”..
9. Good friends are willing to sacrifice
John 15: 12-13, “This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends.”..
“If you want people to like you, forgive them when they wrong you. Remembering wrongs can break up a friendship..….”(Proverbs 17:9‬)