{"id":499,"date":"2022-04-26T00:44:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T00:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/188-andy-arnold-exhortation-friendship\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T04:09:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T04:09:31","slug":"188-andy-arnold-exhortation-friendship","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/188-andy-arnold-exhortation-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"188: Andy Arnold – Exhortation: Friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an exhortation by Brother Andy Arnold given in August of 2021 to the Burnside Ecclesia in Australia. We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to the good.
\nChris it up and talks podcast. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is brother Brian.
\nThis week’s talk is an <\/p>\n

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\nexcitation by Brother Andy
\nArnold, which was given last <\/p>\n

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\nAugust at the Burnside Ecclesia
\nand South Australia and it was <\/p>\n

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\ntitled friendship.
\nThis one hits home for being a <\/p>\n

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\nstraightforward reminder, to put
\nthe time in and to work on our <\/p>\n

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\nfriendships, to go out of our
\nway to think about those, that <\/p>\n

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\ncould use an extra boost or
\nthose that maybe we’ve lost <\/p>\n

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\ntouch with over the past couple
\nof years. <\/p>\n

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\nBrother Andy points out how
\nloaded scripture is with a <\/p>\n

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\ndiverse array of friendship
\nexamples and how the backbone of<\/p>\n

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\nthem.
\nAll is a self-sacrificing love <\/p>\n

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\nOne that’s best exemplified by
\nour Lord and Master Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Christ.
\nBut even more, I found it to be <\/p>\n

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\njust such a good motivator to
\nmake the effort to be a better <\/p>\n

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\nfriend especially in light of
\nhow damaging the pandemic has <\/p>\n

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\nbeen on our ability to truly be
\nclosed with one another and to <\/p>\n

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\nbe able to keep tabs on how our
\nfaith is holding up. <\/p>\n

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\nI loved all of his call to
\naction suggestions. <\/p>\n

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\nFor all the age groups that were
\nrepresented in the audience, <\/p>\n

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\nyou’ll know it when you hear it
\nand I think those same <\/p>\n

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\nsuggestions, they’re going to
\napply to any of you that are <\/p>\n

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\nlistening to this.
\nSo, from Lads Two, Dads, two, <\/p>\n

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\nweary mom’s young people, and
\neven small children. <\/p>\n

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\nI think I appreciate that even
\nmore, that he gave it a shout <\/p>\n

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\nout to the little kids in the
\naudience. <\/p>\n

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\nThe point being I think we can
\nall benefit from a reminder and <\/p>\n

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\nwhat it means to be a Godly
\nfriend and how critical these <\/p>\n

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\nfriendships can be in preventing
\nheartache and the epidemic of <\/p>\n

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\nloneliness.
\nAs always, we hope this <\/p>\n

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\nstrengthens your faith, hope
\nthat it strengthens your <\/p>\n

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\nfriendships work on your
\nfriendships and we hope this <\/p>\n

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\nbrightens your day.
\nBrother, Andy, Arnold <\/p>\n

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\nfriendship.
\nOh, good morning everyone here. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd good morning everybody
\njoining in on Zoom. <\/p>\n

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\nI know some of you are in
\nquarantine, after escaping wet, <\/p>\n

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\nAdelaide to head over to
\nQueensland so bad luck. <\/p>\n

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\nBut that’s what you get, but I
\nhope you can all be back amongst<\/p>\n

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\nus soon to some of the others
\nmay be tuning in. <\/p>\n

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\nMaybe you aren’t well or you’re
\nstaying home to be safe or maybe<\/p>\n

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\nyou woke up today and you’re
\ngoing through a tough time and <\/p>\n

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\nyou just couldn’t step out.
\nThat front door today, and <\/p>\n

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\nthat’s okay.
\nI pray, we are all able to catch<\/p>\n

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\nup again soon in one way or
\nanother. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd everyone else here as well.
\nIt’s good to see you. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s good to see that you could
\nmake it here. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the best thing about Sunday
\nmornings especially every week <\/p>\n

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\nis it’s an hour where we can
\njust come here and we can really<\/p>\n

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\nout that door just and if you
\nhaven’t done it yet do it now <\/p>\n

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\njust unburden yourselves and lay
\neverything aside because we’re <\/p>\n

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\nhere this morning with our King,
\nSo the subject I had to just <\/p>\n

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\ndiscuss with you this morning as
\nwe prepare to break bread and <\/p>\n

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\ndrink wine has been on my mind
\nfor a few years and I actually <\/p>\n

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\nsettled on it.
\nLast time we visited Burnside <\/p>\n

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\nthis year and heard brother,
\nDave speak to us, the subject is<\/p>\n

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\nfriendship.
\nYou say Dave spoke so <\/p>\n

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\nbeautifully about God and Jesus
\nis attitude towards anxiety and <\/p>\n

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\ndepression and near the end of
\nhis eggs or he touched on <\/p>\n

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\nfriendship and to steal some of
\nhis words. <\/p>\n

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\nHe said, friendships mean a huge
\namount. <\/p>\n

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\nFriendships are massive.
\nIn your life never ever <\/p>\n

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\nunderestimate.
\nFriendship friendship often is <\/p>\n

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\nwhat it will take to get you
\nthrough life. <\/p>\n

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\nIn the situation of anxiety and
\ndepression and also loneliness, <\/p>\n

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\na friend, that just sits with
\nyou or lessons, can be a <\/p>\n

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\nphysical reminder that somebody
\nloves you and that someone <\/p>\n

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\nactually cares.
\nNever abandon a friend. <\/p>\n

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\nSometimes you’re all they’ve
\ngot. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Proverbs 17 verse 17.
\nA friend is always loyal or a <\/p>\n

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\nfriend loves at all times.
\nSo this helped me to work on the<\/p>\n

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\nwords to try and deliver this
\nmessage today as we meet around <\/p>\n

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\nthis table.
\nSo, why friendship? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, it starts for me with this
\nverse one of my favorite verses,<\/p>\n

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\nwhich I actually spoke on last
\ntime I was here at Burnside when<\/p>\n

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\nwe spoke about Hope, and then I
\nrecently touched on it with Josh<\/p>\n

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\nmr.
\nMarshall today, when we did a <\/p>\n

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\npodcast for young people with
\nfaith and so, I thought it’d be <\/p>\n

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\nfitting to finish with the third
\nword from this verse First <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians 13 verse 13.
\nAnd now these three remain Five,<\/p>\n

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\nhope and love.
\nBut the greatest of these is <\/p>\n

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\nlove.
\nI honestly believe that these <\/p>\n

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\nthree words summarize everything
\nabout our God and about his <\/p>\n

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\nplan.
\nFrom the beginning of the Bible <\/p>\n

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\nto the end.
\nBut the greatest of these is <\/p>\n

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\nlove.
\nNow, loving itself is a whole <\/p>\n

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\nother subject that we could
\nspeak on for hours, but it’s <\/p>\n

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\nthese verses from our reading
\ntoday that draw us into our <\/p>\n

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\nsubject this morning from John
\n15 as the father has loved me. <\/p>\n

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\nSo have I Loved You Now remain
\nin my love. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you keep my Commandments, you
\nwill remain in my love. <\/p>\n

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\nJust as I have kept, my father’s
\ncommands and remain in his love.<\/p>\n

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\nI’ve told you this so that my
\njoy may be in you and that your <\/p>\n

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\njoy may be complete.
\nAnd my command is this love each<\/p>\n

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\nother.
\nAs I have loved you. <\/p>\n

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\nGreater love has no one than
\nthis to lay down, one’s life for<\/p>\n

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\none’s friends.
\nAnd you are my friends. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you do what I command, I no
\nlonger call you servants because<\/p>\n

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\na servant doesn’t know what his
\nmaster’s business is. <\/p>\n

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\nInstead, I have called you
\nfriends for everything that I <\/p>\n

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\nhave learned from my father, I
\nhave made known to you. <\/p>\n

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\nYou see here, we’re commanded to
\nlove each other the same way <\/p>\n

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\nthat Jesus loves us.
\nAnd here, we read that there’s <\/p>\n

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\nno greater love than to lay down
\nyour life for your friends. <\/p>\n

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\nThere is no greater love.
\nAnd we’re going to come back to <\/p>\n

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\nthat again in a bit.
\nSo here we are directly called <\/p>\n

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\nfriends of our King and our
\nsavior. <\/p>\n

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\nIf we follow his commands, So,
\nthe importance of friendship in <\/p>\n

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\nthe Bible.
\nLet’s start there. <\/p>\n

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\nIt starts back in the Garden of
\nEden. <\/p>\n

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\nGod, mentions how good
\neverything is as he creates <\/p>\n

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\nthem.
\nBut then there’s something that <\/p>\n

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\nI hadn’t noticed before I’d read
\nit but glossed over it in <\/p>\n

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\nGenesis 2 Verse 18, God says
\nit’s not good. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s just created the whole
\nworld as we know it and he said <\/p>\n

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\nevery day, this is good.
\nAnd he said, something’s not <\/p>\n

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\ngood.
\nThat man should be alone. <\/p>\n

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\nThis was before sin had entered
\nthe world. <\/p>\n

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\nAdam was not yet complete, he
\nneeded Community, he needed <\/p>\n

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\ncompany, he needed friendship.
\nThe first problem in the world <\/p>\n

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\nwasn’t actually sin, it was
\nsolitude. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd friendship is then whole
\nBible theme, it obviously starts<\/p>\n

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\nwith Adam and Eve from a human
\nsense, but then it’s touched on <\/p>\n

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\nwith relationships with our God
\nas well. <\/p>\n

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\nWe read Enoch and Noah, who
\nwalked with God. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a Hebrew expression of
\nfriendship. <\/p>\n

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\nAbraham was called a friend of
\nGod in Isaiah Moses spoke with <\/p>\n

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\nGod face to face as a man speaks
\nwith his friend. <\/p>\n

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\nYou see, God invented friendship
\nand he’s been building it and <\/p>\n

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\nrestoring it with us since the
\nvery beginning. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then he sent the world, his
\nson, to be the Friend of Sinners<\/p>\n

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\nbefriending, all who trust and
\nfollow him. <\/p>\n

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\nSo who are some other great
\nexamples of friendship in the <\/p>\n

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\nBible?
\nWell, you probably already <\/p>\n

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\nthinking of some of them, but
\nwhat about David and Jonathan of<\/p>\n

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\nall the friendships in the Bible
\nthat of David and Jonathan <\/p>\n

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\nstands out, probably the most
\nfirst Samuel 18 describes their <\/p>\n

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\nfriendship as soon as he had
\nfinished speaking to Saul. <\/p>\n

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\nThe soul of Jonathan was neat to
\nthe soul of David and Jonathan <\/p>\n

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\nloved him as his own soul.
\nYou see, imagine in life <\/p>\n

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\nbattling Against All Odds,
\nfacing the anger and the <\/p>\n

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\npolitics of important people in
\nyour life, but having your best <\/p>\n

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\nmate on the other side to
\nconfide in, and Trust to have <\/p>\n

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\nyour back.
\nAnd what about Moses and Aaron? <\/p>\n

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\nThe partnership of Moses and
\nAaron is one of the greatest <\/p>\n

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\nexamples of two friends working
\ntogether to do something great. <\/p>\n

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\nImagine those times you’ve been
\nreally in a really nervous <\/p>\n

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\nsituation, may be presenting at
\nwork or presenting something at <\/p>\n

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\nschool, maybe at the meeting
\ndoing doing an egg’s order or <\/p>\n

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\nyour first talk, maybe when
\nyou’re in front of a group of <\/p>\n

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\nnew mums or ladies or you’re
\nabout to try a new hobby and you<\/p>\n

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\nknow, you get a bit wobbly, you
\nget a bit shaky, Moses had his <\/p>\n

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\nfriend, his brother, his best
\nmate there to strengthen him in,<\/p>\n

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\nto do the talking for him.
\nWhat about Elijah and Elisha? <\/p>\n

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\nElijah was the well-known
\nprophet of Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was the man who called down
\nthe fires of Heaven, defeating <\/p>\n

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\nthe prophets of Baal and the man
\nwho caused a drought in Israel <\/p>\n

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\nfor three years through prayer.
\nAnd to help him carry out his <\/p>\n

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\nwork.
\nGod saw it fit to send the <\/p>\n

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\nyounger.
\nElijah, a friend and an eventual<\/p>\n

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\nsuccessor.
\nYou see, I age also doesn’t <\/p>\n

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\nmatter in friendship and
\nexperience, doesn’t always <\/p>\n

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\nmatter.
\nIt’s all about the relationship.<\/p>\n

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\nWhat about this one Naomi and
\nRuth? <\/p>\n

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\nThe story of Naomi and her
\ndaughter-in-law Ruth is one of <\/p>\n

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\nthe fringes of one of friendship
\nfound in a very unlikely place. <\/p>\n

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\nI mean, how often have we heard
\nthe jokes and opinions about <\/p>\n

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\nparents-in-law and
\nmothers-in-law. <\/p>\n

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\nBut here is an example of a true
\nloyal friendship within family. <\/p>\n

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\nRuth didn’t hesitate to give
\nwhen Naomi was in need. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is the kind of action that
\ncreates the strongest of <\/p>\n

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\nfriendships and gives us a sense
\nof security. <\/p>\n

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\nWe know that when we’re in
\ntrouble, someone will be there <\/p>\n

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\nfor us.
\nAnd we have Daniel and Shadrach <\/p>\n

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\nMeshach and Abednego.
\nThe relationship between Daniel <\/p>\n

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\nand his three.
\nBest friends help us think about<\/p>\n

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\nthe real meaning of friendship.
\nThese three young Lads grew in <\/p>\n

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\ntheir faith together.
\nThey stood by each other during <\/p>\n

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\nsome trials and they never
\nallowed their friendship to take<\/p>\n

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\nGod’s place in their lives.
\nNot even in the face of death <\/p>\n

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\nand for teenagers.
\nAnd young people here. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is such a good example
\nabout friendship. <\/p>\n

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\nSomething to read about lean on
\neach other through whatever life<\/p>\n

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\nthrows at you.
\nI’m not really going to go into <\/p>\n

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\nhow to make friends and the
\nadvice and warnings Etc of <\/p>\n

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\nfriendships, but that is a
\nfantastic study to do especially<\/p>\n

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\nwith kids and with our young
\npeople, as they learn to <\/p>\n

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\nnavigate relationships in life.
\nWhat is good though? <\/p>\n

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\nIs realizing the Bible and in
\nparticular, The Book of Proverbs<\/p>\n

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\nis a practical guide to real
\ntrue friendships. <\/p>\n

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\nIt gives us wisdom and helps us
\nnavigate this amazing and <\/p>\n

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\nPowerful gift.
\nBut something that can be <\/p>\n

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\ncomplex at times and needs
\nconstant thought and work to <\/p>\n

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\nget, right?
\nBecause I will just add. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m by no means an expert on
\nfriendship. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve had to work on it.
\nA lot in my life. <\/p>\n

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\nYou have friends that come and
\ngo in your life. <\/p>\n

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\nI have friends that I’ve made
\nwithin the last year, people are<\/p>\n

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\nreally close friendships.
\nAnd I’ve had other friendships <\/p>\n

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\nthat I’ve lost over time and I
\nhave regrets about it, but it’s <\/p>\n

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\nsomething we all go through.
\nSo, keep working on it. <\/p>\n

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\nSo some verses from Proverbs
\nProverbs 12 verse 26. <\/p>\n

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\nThe righteous choose their
\nfriends carefully. <\/p>\n

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\nBut the Way of the Wicked leads
\nthem astray, 16:28. <\/p>\n

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\nA perverse person stirs up,
\nconflict, and a gossip separates<\/p>\n

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\nclose friends. 17:9, whoever
\nwould Foster love covers over <\/p>\n

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\nand offense but whoever repeats
\nthe matter, separates close <\/p>\n

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\nfriends. 17 verse 17 that we
\ntouched on earlier a friend <\/p>\n

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\nloves at all times.
\nAnd a brother is born for a time<\/p>\n

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\nof adversity. 18:24 one who has
\nunreliable friends, soon comes <\/p>\n

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\nto ruin, but there is a friend
\nwho sticks closer than a brother<\/p>\n

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\n13:20 walk with the wise and
\nbecome wise for a companion of <\/p>\n

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\nfools suffers harm.
\nAnd a great one is 27:17 as iron<\/p>\n

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\nsharpens iron.
\nSo one person sharpens another, <\/p>\n

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\nwe really can help each other
\nout with friendship. <\/p>\n

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\nSo they’re all from Proverbs a
\ngreat place to start. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen studying friendship a
\ncouple of other great Bible <\/p>\n

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\nverses Ecclesiastes 4 verse 9 to
\n12 Two people are better off <\/p>\n

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\nthan one.
\nFor they can help each other <\/p>\n

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\nsucceed.
\nIf one person falls the other <\/p>\n

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\ncan reach out and help but
\nsomeone who falls alone is in <\/p>\n

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\nreal trouble.
\nLikewise two people lying. <\/p>\n

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\nClose together can keep each
\nother warm, but how can one be <\/p>\n

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\nwarm alone?
\nA person standing alone can be <\/p>\n

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\nattacked and defeated and I love
\nthis bit here but two can stand <\/p>\n

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\nback to back and conquer.
\nThree are even better for a <\/p>\n

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\ntriple braided.
\nCord is not easily broken. 1st <\/p>\n

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\nJohn 4 verse 11, dear friends,
\nsince God loved us that much. <\/p>\n

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\nWe surely ought to love each
\nother. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Philippians 2, verse 3.
\nDo nothing out of selfish <\/p>\n

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\nambition or vain conceit, rather
\nin humility value, others above <\/p>\n

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\nyourselves.
\nGalatians 6:12. <\/p>\n

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\nSorry I have his the last one.
\nCarry each other’s burdens. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in this way, you will
\nfulfill the law of Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nYou see, friendship our
\nfriendship builds, and <\/p>\n

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\nstrengthens our community that
\nwe’re in in a world facing many <\/p>\n

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\nepidemics, we have one very big
\none growing every day. <\/p>\n

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\nThe loneliness epidemic And
\nplaces like our Ecclesia has <\/p>\n

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\nmeetings churches.
\nGatherings. <\/p>\n

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\nThese are the places that we can
\nbuild friendships and build <\/p>\n

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\nrelationships and be a safe,
\nwelcoming Community to those in <\/p>\n

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\nneed of friendship.
\nOne of the main goals of the <\/p>\n

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\nGospel is friendship.
\nYou see, if we’re telling <\/p>\n

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\npeople, the good news about the
\nkingdom of God, and the name of <\/p>\n

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\nJesus Christ.
\nThen we need to be telling them <\/p>\n

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\nthat following Jesus and
\nobeying, his Commandments <\/p>\n

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\nresults in us being counted as
\none of his friends. <\/p>\n

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\nSo friendship, how important and
\nhow powerful is it? <\/p>\n

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\nWell it’s important enough and
\npowerful enough to be something <\/p>\n

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\nthat even the world around us
\ntries to hold onto and it’s <\/p>\n

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\nreferenced in stories and movies
\nand songs every day. <\/p>\n

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\nA day without a friend is like a
\npot without a single drop of <\/p>\n

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\nHoney left inside says winning
\nthe poop. <\/p>\n

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\nYou have Harry Potter, you have
\nLord of the Rings, The <\/p>\n

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\nChronicles of Narnia, you have
\nmovies, kids movies like Toy <\/p>\n

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\nStory and recently, the Heritage
\nCollege production of Wind in <\/p>\n

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\nthe Willows.
\nIn all these things we see <\/p>\n

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\nfriendship and love used as the
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\nthat defeats every obstacle and
\nlet’s friends work together for <\/p>\n

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\nvictory.
\nI jumped onto the Quran <\/p>\n

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\nChristian website because I
\nthought I’ll tell you about some<\/p>\n

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\ngood resources on friendship
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\nup on their website.
\nSo good luck. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a big deal.
\nAnother group of subjects that <\/p>\n

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\nI’m passionate about is
\nawareness of mental health, <\/p>\n

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\nSuicide, Prevention and
\nloneliness. <\/p>\n

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\nThey all have their research and
\ntheir support groups, refer to <\/p>\n

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\nfriendship and having somebody
\nto talk to and confide in as <\/p>\n

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\nbeing so important.
\nReaching out, when things get, <\/p>\n

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\ntough is so vital, but we need
\nto have someone to turn to don’t<\/p>\n

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\nAnd on the flipside of that, we
\nneed to make sure that we are <\/p>\n

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\nbeing a friend that someone else
\ncan come too. <\/p>\n

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\nIf able to and we need to know
\nhow to ask if they’re okay and <\/p>\n

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\nhow to listen to them and how to
\nrespond. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there’s a lot of great info
\nout there. <\/p>\n

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\nIf this is something you want to
\nlearn more about and I’m always <\/p>\n

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\nhappy to help point you in the
\nright direction. <\/p>\n

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\nIf I can Friendship isn’t easy.
\nAnd it’s different for all of us<\/p>\n

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\nat different times in our lives.
\nSo for the men here today, dad’s<\/p>\n

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\nSons Brothers mates, look out
\nfor each other. <\/p>\n

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\nMake time for each other.
\nAs dogs, we have a tendency to <\/p>\n

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\nbottle it up inside.
\nI know that as well as anyone <\/p>\n

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\nbut lean on your friends and
\nyour mates. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd remember, we have some great
\nexamples that God has given us, <\/p>\n

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\ngo grab a coffee or a burger, go
\nkick a footy or have a hit, a <\/p>\n

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\ngoal.
\nGo fishing. <\/p>\n

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\nGo cook a T-bone steak, and
\nwhile you’re at it, why not <\/p>\n

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\nmessage a few other blokes to
\njoin in with you. <\/p>\n

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\nAlways keep an eye out on each
\nother. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd to our mom’s our wives, our
\ndaughters, our sisters, and our <\/p>\n

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\nladies here, how are you all
\ngoing as? <\/p>\n

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\nIf life isn’t tough enough with
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\nwithout throwing in pandemics
\nand lockdowns, it’s been a tough<\/p>\n

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\ncouple of weeks and for those
\nothers around Australia, it’s <\/p>\n

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\nbeen a tough year.
\nBut ladies have you caught up <\/p>\n

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\nwith a friend lately?
\nDo you need to get out of the <\/p>\n

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\nhouse and confide in a buddy
\nabout the good? <\/p>\n

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\nAll the bad things happening in
\nyour life at the moment. <\/p>\n

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\nHave you noticed, another lady?
\nThat might be doing it tough at <\/p>\n

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\nthe moment or feeling lonely.
\nArrange a catch-up, get someone <\/p>\n

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\nto watch the kids if you can.
\nI know it’s hard, folks, help <\/p>\n

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\nout and go and make some time
\nfor a friendship recharge. <\/p>\n

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\nRuth and Naomi and other awesome
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\nare there to encourage To our
\nteenagers here and young adults,<\/p>\n

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\ngot a great group here at
\nBurnside. <\/p>\n

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\nIs school or uni or work or
\nrelationship issues on your <\/p>\n

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\nmind?
\nHit up a friend text call email,<\/p>\n

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\ntweet or hashtag a buddy.
\nRemember age doesn’t matter, <\/p>\n

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\neither you may make a friend
\nwith an oldie or even someone <\/p>\n

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\nyounger than you and and that’s
\ngreat. <\/p>\n

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\nThe inspiration for you can be
\nDaniel and his mates and David <\/p>\n

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\nand Jonathan.
\nAnd to any kid, he’s trying to <\/p>\n

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\nlisten to me ramble on this
\nmorning as well. <\/p>\n

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\nKids be a good friend, be kind
\nand be helpful. <\/p>\n

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\nStand up for your mates and
\nalways ask your parents or your <\/p>\n

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\nolder brothers, or sisters, or
\neven your school teachers, if <\/p>\n

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\nyou need help with your
\nfriendship circles. <\/p>\n

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\nSo all of this leads us back to
\nthe verses, we started with and <\/p>\n

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\nwhy we’re here this morning.
\nThis is why friendship matters. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is why it’s important and
\nwhy it’s powerful. <\/p>\n

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\nThe ultimate example of
\nfriendship. <\/p>\n

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\nBut not just a friendship of
\nrelationship. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s that between Mankind and
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nSee, Jesus said in John, 15
\nverse 13. <\/p>\n

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\nGreater love has no one than
\nthis, that he lay down his life <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:51,500 –> 00:25:58,100
\nfor his friends.
\nChrist is the purest example of <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:58,100 –> 00:26:04,300
\na friend that we can find in the
\nBible laying down his life. <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:05,100 –> 00:26:10,500
\nHis extraordinary valuable life
\nfor the friends whom he loved. <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:11,800 –> 00:26:14,800
\nEven though he had the power to
\ncall those around him, his <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:14,800 –> 00:26:17,600
\nservants, he called them his
\nfriends. <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:20,100 –> 00:26:22,500
\nJesus also showed us another
\nmuch-needed. <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:22,500 –> 00:26:25,800
\nAttribute of a friend.
\nHe wasn’t afraid of giving <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:25,900 –> 00:26:33,200
\nloving constructive criticism.
\nHis simple phrase of go and sin.<\/p>\n

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\n00:26:33,200 –> 00:26:36,200
\nNo more.
\nIt wasn’t an insult. <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:36,700 –> 00:26:42,000
\nIt wasn’t hateful or shaming.
\nIt was a simple caution and <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:42,000 –> 00:26:44,500
\nencouragement to live
\ndifferently. <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:47,400 –> 00:26:50,800
\nChrist wasn’t afraid of pointing
\nout the best way to live. <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:52,300 –> 00:26:56,500
\nHe didn’t do this in an amazing
\nor out their way, however, he <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:56,500 –> 00:27:00,500
\nsimply made his point and then
\nhe lived out what he was doing <\/p>\n

347
\n00:27:00,500 –> 00:27:07,000
\nas an example.
\nThe truest friend is Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:09,000 –> 00:27:15,100
\nAnd friends are like-minded.
\nThey love one another with <\/p>\n

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\nsacrificial love.
\nWe are blessed to have been <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:25,200 –> 00:27:29,900
\nadopted into the family of God
\nand to have been made friends of<\/p>\n

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\n00:27:29,900 –> 00:27:33,700
\nJesus.
\nAnd in return, we’re called to <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:33,700 –> 00:27:40,200
\nbe good friends to each other.
\nThe Bible teaches us that true <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:40,200 –> 00:27:43,600
\nfriendship is characterized by
\nlove. <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:45,000 –> 00:27:49,600
\nAnd the Proverbs which we read
\nthe examples of David and <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:49,600 –> 00:27:54,300
\nJonathan and those other
\ncharacters the instructions to <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:54,500 –> 00:28:01,000
\nour kaliesha’s and ultimately
\nJesus example, all depict true <\/p>\n

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\n00:28:01,600 –> 00:28:07,600
\nfriendship.
\nA true friend loves gives wise <\/p>\n

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\n00:28:07,600 –> 00:28:16,900
\ncounsel remains loyal forgives.
\nAnd promotes the welfare of <\/p>\n

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\nothers.
\nSo let’s lay it all out this <\/p>\n

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\nmorning at our Lord’s feet, Our
\nSavior, our King, and our <\/p>\n

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\n00:28:29,100 –> 00:28:34,500
\nfriend, the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nHe laid down his life for his <\/p>\n

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\n00:28:34,500 –> 00:28:39,400
\nfriends.
\nAnd why will John chapter 3? <\/p>\n

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\n00:28:42,400 –> 00:28:48,400
\nJohn chapter 3 verse 14 to 17
\nand as Moses lifted up, the <\/p>\n

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\n00:28:48,400 –> 00:28:53,700
\nserpent in the wilderness even
\nso must the son of man be lifted<\/p>\n

365
\n00:28:53,700 –> 00:28:58,500
\nup.
\nThat whosoever believeth in him,<\/p>\n

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\n00:28:58,700 –> 00:29:02,600
\nshould not perish, but have
\neternal life. <\/p>\n

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\n00:29:04,900 –> 00:29:10,400
\nAnd this is it right here in
\nverse 16, for God, so loved the <\/p>\n

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\nworld.
\nThat he gave his only begotten <\/p>\n

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\nson that whosoever believeth in
\nhim should not perish, but have <\/p>\n

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\n00:29:22,400 –> 00:29:28,000
\neverlasting life.
\nFor God sent not his son into <\/p>\n

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\nthe world to condemn the world,
\nbut that the world through him <\/p>\n

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\nmight be saved.
\nI’ve seen the heartache of <\/p>\n

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\n00:29:42,300 –> 00:29:46,300
\nparents losing a child first
\nhand. <\/p>\n

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\nTwice in my life.
\nIt’s something I will never <\/p>\n

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\nforget.
\nIt’s something I wish I had <\/p>\n

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\nnever seen.
\nAnd it’s something that no one <\/p>\n

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\n00:29:58,900 –> 00:30:01,600
\nshould have to go through and
\nI’m respectful of anyone that <\/p>\n

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\n00:30:01,600 –> 00:30:08,000
\nhas gone through it.
\nBut it’s also the two times in <\/p>\n

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\n00:30:08,000 –> 00:30:14,200
\nmy life that I realized, just
\nhow powerful verse 16 really is.<\/p>\n

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\nBecause God loved the world so
\nmuch. <\/p>\n

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\n00:30:21,200 –> 00:30:23,700
\nAnd keep in mind it’s the world
\nthat hates him. <\/p>\n

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\n00:30:24,600 –> 00:30:26,600
\nIt’s the world that hates his
\nson. <\/p>\n

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\n00:30:27,700 –> 00:30:34,500
\nGod, loved the world so much
\nthat he gave his son. and I look<\/p>\n

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\n00:30:34,500 –> 00:30:38,600
\nat the pain of those parents
\nlosing their child and it makes <\/p>\n

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\n00:30:38,600 –> 00:30:47,200
\nme realize how powerful God’s
\nlove really is our God gave his <\/p>\n

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\n00:30:47,200 –> 00:30:49,900
\nonly son so that we could be
\nsaved. <\/p>\n

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\n00:30:51,000 –> 00:30:54,500
\nAnd that was done through the
\nmost, ultimate Act of friendship<\/p>\n

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\n00:30:54,600 –> 00:30:58,100
\never seen in Jesus laying down
\nhis life for us. <\/p>\n

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\n00:31:01,500 –> 00:31:04,900
\nLet’s pray to our God.
\nNow through our savior and our <\/p>\n

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\n00:31:04,900 –> 00:31:09,100
\nmediator and our friend, as we
\nbreak this bread and eat it. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:31:09,200 –> 00:31:15,300
\nAnd as we pour this wine and we
\ndrink it because we love Because<\/p>\n

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\n00:31:15,300 –> 00:31:22,000
\nGod first loved us and we can be
\ngood friends because we have the<\/p>\n

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\n00:31:22,000 –> 00:31:25,400
\nbest example of a friend ever
\nsang. <\/p>\n

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\n00:31:27,700 –> 00:31:32,500
\nSo, stay safe everybody.
\nWork on your friendships in the <\/p>\n

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\n00:31:32,500 –> 00:31:36,900
\nweeks and months and years to
\ncome, reach out to somebody. <\/p>\n

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\n00:31:37,900 –> 00:31:43,200
\nCheck in on somebody and keep
\nworking away at it until we <\/p>\n

397
\n00:31:43,200 –> 00:31:45,500
\nfinally meet our friend
\nface-to-face. <\/p>\n

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188: Andy Arnold – Exhortation: Friendship<\/a><\/blockquote>