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October 2, 2022 | Dr. Jim Bradford | Great Friendships of the Bible - Jesus and You

October 2, 2022 | Dr. Jim Bradford | Great Friendships of the Bible - Jesus and You

October 2, 2022 | Dr. Jim Bradford | Great Friendships of the Bible - Jesus and You

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Central Assembly

1301 N Boonville Ave, Springfield, MO 65802, USA

Sunday 9:00 AM

Sunday 10:45 AM

Central Assembly - Online Campus - www.centralassembly.tv

Sunday 9:00 AM

Sunday 10:45 AM

John 15:12a
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you...
John 15:14-15
You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
Ken Shigematsu, God in My Everything

This decline in real friendships and the resulting loneliness we experience are not without cost. Medical researchers and social scientists have pointed out that a strong link exists between friendship and well-being. People with close friendships tend to have better health, are more fulfilled, and live longer.
FIVE WAYS TO DEEPEN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS:
Alan Loy McGinnis, The Friendship Factor

1. Assign top priority to your relationships
2. Dare to talk about your affection
3. Cultivate transparency
4. Create space in your relationships
5. Learn the gestures of love
SEEKING DEEPER FRIENDSHIP WITH JESUS:

* Assign top priority

Peter Scazzero, Emotionally Healthy Discipleship
“An emotionally healthy disciple slows down to be with Jesus, goes beneath the surface of their life to be deeply transformed by Jesus, and offers their life as a gift to the world for Jesus.
2 Corinthians 13:14
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
* Cultivate transparency

John 15:15b
…I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

1 John 1:8-9

* Learn the gestures of love
John 15:12a
My command is this: Love each other as I have love you...

John 15:14
You are my friends if you do what I command.

1 John 4:9-10

Romans 8:38-39

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