A Blessing to Friendship
Father, I ask you to bless my friend reading this right now Lord, show them a new revelation of Your love and power.
Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. Where there is pain, give them Your peace & mercy. Where there is self-doubting, release a renewed confidence in Your ability to work through them.
Where there is tiredness, or exhaustion, I ask You to give them understanding, patience, & strength as they learn submission to Your leading.
Where there is spiritual stagnation, I ask You to renew them by revealing Your nearness, and by drawing them into greater intimacy with You.
Where there is fear, reveal Your love, and release to them Your courage.
Where there is a sin blocking them, reveal it, and break its hold over my friends life.
Bless their finances, give them greater vision, and raise up leaders, and friends to support, and encourage them.
Give each of them discernment to recognize the demonic forces around them, and reveal to them the power they have in You to defeat it.
I ask You to do these things in Jesus' name.
In Christian love,
Your Friend in Jesus
Passing this on to anyone you consider a friend, as
I have done here, will bless you both. Passing this on to one not
considered a friend is something I know Christ would do.
Portrait of a Friend
I can't give solutions to all of life's problems, doubts, or fears.
But I can listen to you, and together we will search for answers.
I can't change your past with all it's heartache and pain, nor the future with it's untold stories.
But I can be there now when you need me to care.
I can't keep your feet from stumbling.
I can only offer my hand that you may grasp it and not fall.
Your joys, triumphs, successes, and happiness are not mine; Yet I can share in your laughter.
Your decisions in life are not mine to make, nor to judge;
I can only support you, encourage you, and help you when you ask.
I can't prevent you from falling away from friendship, from your values, from me.
I can only pray for you, talk to you and wait for you.
I can't give you boundaries which I have determined for you, but I can give you the room to change, room to grow, room to be yourself.
I can't keep your heart from breaking and hurting, but I can cry with you and help you pick up the pieces and put them back in place.
I can't tell you who you are.
I can only love you and be your friend.
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Lord, teach me to be patient with life, with people, with myself.
I try to speed things along too much, and I push for results before the time is right.
Teach me to trust your sense of timing.
Teach me to to slow down enough to appreciate life.
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THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP
THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP
If your bad habit screams, "Me First,"
Break it.
If your spirit cries with thirst,
lake it.
If for company you yearn And someone else's trust you earn,
When friendship's offeredin return,
Take it!
Just place your hand in his or hers;
Grip it.
If imagined slight occurs,
Skip it.
See what's needed, then give more.
And if a weed springs up, before
It chokes the path to yourfriend's door,
Snip it!
If gratitude or praise is due,
Heap it.
If a secret's shared with you,
Keep it.
When a seed has taken root,
Beside your friend stand resolute,
And when the full-grown tree bears fruit,
Reap it!
Mary Sullivan Georgetown, TX, USA