July 30, 2025 … Midnight Friendship …

July 30, 2025 … Midnight Friendship   …

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with Matt Maher singing… What A Friend,  … assuring fellow Christians that we really have a friend in Jesus!! 

Highlight Passage: … John 15:15 … [NLT] … 

15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.     

…  Jesus relates his love and friendship for His disciples the night before He is to go to the cross and die for them (us).         

           

Highlight Passage (in context): … John 15:9-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus shows His disciples (and us too) that God’s love is shown in those who reach out to help those in need; … that’s why He calls them (us) “Friends.”               

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 17:17, 19:17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon reveals that the essence of true friendship is found in those who’re willing to reach out and help those in need.   

Reference Passage: …  Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon also relates to believers about the value of true friendship.

<b><u>Reference Passage:</u> …   Galatians 6:2 NLT] … USE THIS LINK …</b> 

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians%206%3A2&version=NLT

…  The Apostle Paul shows that bearing one another’s burdens fulfills God’s law of love. 

Reference Passage: …  1Thessalonians 5:11 NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul lauds fellow Christians in Asia Minor (and all Christians) for their (our) willingness to comfort one another. 

Reference Passage: … 1John 3:17  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle John shows that the love of God is on display in those who’re willing to help others by sharing with them in their time of need.

Reference Passage: … 1John 4:7  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… John also teaches that God’s love is expressed when we (Christians) are willing to love one another.  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author,  Sheridan Voysey … AT THIS LINK     … wrote about hearing someone questioning our Christian priorities by asking, “Who can you call at midnight when everything has gone wrong?” … Hearing the question, the ODB author wondered if he had friends who would be there for him if he called them at midnight in a crisis or whether he would be a friend to others if they called him at midnight in the midst of a trial.  

The ODB question does test our views of true friendship; doesn’t it?   And I’m praying we all have friends who would call us at midnight if they needed help; … OR … we are sure that we have friends whom we could call at midnight if we needed their help.  I’m so blessed to have friends like that in my life; … and I pray that I would be there to help any of my friends - ANYTIME -  (as in the photo). How about you and your friends?       

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for ALWAYS being my friend, Lord.

 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, … again Lord. …for being our Friend in our times of need.   … Amen

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