Good News
comes from good friends who . . .
1. Take an INTEREST
Do not be interested
only in your own life, but be interested in the lives of others (Philippians
2:4).
2. Are AVAILABLE
There are "friends"
who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a
brother (Proverbs 18:24).
3. Speak less, LISTEN
MORE
My
dear brothers and sisters, be quick to listen, slow to speak (James 1:19).
4. Use words that BUILD
UP
Good people have good
things in their hearts, and so they say good things. But evil people have evil
in their hearts, so they say evil things (Matthew 12:35).
Words
satisfy the soul as food satisfies the stomach; the right words on a person's lips
bring satisfaction (Proverbs 18:20).
It is better to correct
someone openly than to have love and not show it. The slap of a friend can be
trusted to help you, but the kisses of an enemy are nothing but lies
(Proverbs 27:5-6).
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