THURSDAY OCT.23 A WORD FOR YOU TODAY.TOPIC *** A MAN WHO HAS FRIENDS MUST HIMSELF BE FRIENDLY. PROVERBS 18:24 SAYS A MAN OF MANY COMPANIONS MAY COME TO RUIN, BUT THERE IS A FRIEND WHO STICKS CLOSER THAN A BROTHER. FRIENDSHIP( 1) THE LEVEL OF FRIENDSHIP U GET IS DETERMINED BY THE LEVEL OF FRIENDSHIP U GIVE.FRIENDSHIP REQUIRES SACRIFICE, COMMITMENT, TIME, AND ENERGY THINGS WERE RELUCTANT TO GIVE.THE TRUTH IS, MANY OF US ARE UNCOMFORTABLE LETTING PEOPLE INTO OUR LIVES.WE GREW UP IN HOMES WHERE INTIMACY WAS RARELY EXPRESSED, COMMUNICATION WAS USED AS A FORM OF CONTROL, AND RULES WERE MORE IMPORTANT THAN RELATIONSHIPS.AS A RESULT WERE RELATIONALLY IMPAIRED.THAT DOSENT MEAN WE CANT MAKE FRIENDS, IT JUST MEANS WE MAY HAVE A HARDER TIME DOING IT.WHEN IT COMES TO FRIENDSHIP, HERE ARE SOME TRUTHS U NEED TO CONSIDER; (1) WHEN TWO RELATIONALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE GET TOGETHER THEY DONT SOLVE EACH OTHERS PROBLEMS, THEY DOUBLE THEM.(2) THOSE IN THE FAST LANE TO SUCCESS MAY SLOW DOWN LONG ENOUGH TO SPEAK TO U IN CHURCH OR AT THE COMPANY PINIC, BUT UNLESS YOUVE GOT SOMETHING THEY NEED OR WANT, DONT EXPECT THEM TP BE AVAILABLE TO YOU.(3) WHEN U BECOMES LESS NEEDY, YOULL BECOME MORE ATTRACTIVE TO OTHERS.AS LONG AS YOURE LOKING FOR SOMEONE TO SOLVE ALL YOUR PROBLEMS AND FILL THE HOLE IN YOUR SOUL, YOULL DRIVE PEOPLE AWAY.PEOPLE HAVE THEIR OWN STRUGGLES AND DYSFUNCTIONS; THEYRE NOT LOOKING TO TAKE YOURS.SO WHATS THE ANSWER? SPEND TIME GETTING TO KNOW GOD THROUGH PRAYER AND READING THE SCRIPTURES.LET HIM TELL U WHO U ARE AND WHAT YOURE WORTH. SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN ONLY WHEN U SPEND TIME WITH HIM.AS U BECOME SPIRITUALLY AND EMOTIONALLY WHOLE, YOULL BEGIN TO ENJOY YOUR OWN COMPANY AND YOULL HAVE MORE TO OFFER OTHERS. AND Tracy Edmond TRACY SMITH Tiffany Wyatt
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:46:44 +0000