Well guys it's the first day of spring and welcome to the first lesson in my new series that will help us to grow as Christians,.. but before I get to that I'm going to add a little bit of symbolism.
As beginning (baby) Christians we start off as seeds.
Then once we turn to Christ He becomes our soil and foundation and we dwell within Him and He dwells within us.
Like the sun He shines His light into our lives when we are headed through the darkness.
Then the wisdom that we get from His Word becomes the water we need to help us to grow as Christians.
So eventually we can grow big and strong in our faith and wisdom and present our nice fresh and ripe fruit.
And yes I seriously made that all up by myself. (The symbolism part that is.)
So anyways here's a bit of water for all of the seeds in Christ here today to help us to grow big and strong. Today's topic is all about friendship.
So what exactly does it mean to be a friend? What does it mean to you? Well to me I think it means celebrating the things you have in common with that person, but when there's disagreements and differences learning to accept them anyways. I think it means to realize that whenever there are conflicts to understand that neither of you are perfect and it's always good to admit when you are wrong and forgive the other person when they admit they are wrong. It's always good to be there for your friend whenever they need you and try to help them out in every way that you can.
I consider Jesus to be my best friend because He was always there for me even when I didn't deserve it and that's also the sign of a true friend. He forgives me for my mistakes, and loves me unconditionally, and He even gave His life for me. Checkout this quote in the Bible all about friendship!!
John 15:13- "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends."
So there you have it! Those are my thoughts on friendship but I'll be really curious to hear all of your own. I hope you enjoyed part one and tomorrow we will be discussing kindness.
As beginning (baby) Christians we start off as seeds.
Then once we turn to Christ He becomes our soil and foundation and we dwell within Him and He dwells within us.
Like the sun He shines His light into our lives when we are headed through the darkness.
Then the wisdom that we get from His Word becomes the water we need to help us to grow as Christians.
So eventually we can grow big and strong in our faith and wisdom and present our nice fresh and ripe fruit.
And yes I seriously made that all up by myself.
(The symbolism part that is.)So anyways here's a bit of water for all of the seeds in Christ here today to help us to grow big and strong. Today's topic is all about friendship.
So what exactly does it mean to be a friend? What does it mean to you? Well to me I think it means celebrating the things you have in common with that person, but when there's disagreements and differences learning to accept them anyways. I think it means to realize that whenever there are conflicts to understand that neither of you are perfect and it's always good to admit when you are wrong and forgive the other person when they admit they are wrong. It's always good to be there for your friend whenever they need you and try to help them out in every way that you can.
I consider Jesus to be my best friend because He was always there for me even when I didn't deserve it and that's also the sign of a true friend. He forgives me for my mistakes, and loves me unconditionally, and He even gave His life for me. Checkout this quote in the Bible all about friendship!!
John 15:13- "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends."
So there you have it! Those are my thoughts on friendship but I'll be really curious to hear all of your own. I hope you enjoyed part one and tomorrow we will be discussing kindness.
