Friendship Sunday!. You can pick your friends; You can pick your nose; But you can’t pick your...

Friendship Friendship Sunday!Sunday!

You can pick your friends;

You can pick your nose;

But you can’t pick your friend’s nose.

You can pick your friends;

You can pick your nose;

But you can’t pick your friend’s nose.

Greater love has no one than Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life this, that he lay down his life

for his friends.for his friends.John 15:13John 15:13

You Can Pick Your FriendsYou Can Pick Your Friends::

CompanionshipCompanionship

You Can Pick Your Friends:You Can Pick Your Friends:

““Shoulders”Shoulders”

You Can Pick Your Friends:You Can Pick Your Friends:

Sounding BoardSounding Board

You Can Pick Your Friends:You Can Pick Your Friends:

FunFun

What Do You Think?What Do You Think?

Why is Friendship so

important?

Why is Friendship so

important?

Acquaintance =Acquaintance =

Someone I Someone I knowknow

FriendshipFriendship

When When two two

people people bring out bring out all their all their baggagebaggage and its and its “Ok.”“Ok.”

When No When No One is One is

LookingLooking

We We aren’t aren’t

as as perfectperfect as we as we

pretendpretend

SometimeSometimes the s the hurthurt

is deepis deep

LonelinessLoneliness is is real,real,

even in a even in a crowdcrowd

Friends –Friends –

they’re they’re often often in the in the

same same boatboat

God’s Friendship

Option

God’s Friendship

Option

You can’t pick this friend –

He chose you.

You can’t pick this friend –

He chose you.

He provided a way -

The Cross

He provided a way -

The Cross

GODGOD USUS

S S I I NN

God is one side and all people are on the God is one side and all people are on the others side, and Christ Jesus is between others side, and Christ Jesus is between

them to bring them together, by giving his them to bring them together, by giving his life for all mankind.life for all mankind. 1 Timothy 2:5 (LB)

GODGOD USUS

S S I I NN

God is one side and all people are on the God is one side and all people are on the others side, and Christ Jesus is between others side, and Christ Jesus is between

them to bring them together, by giving his them to bring them together, by giving his life for all mankind.life for all mankind. 1 Timothy 2:5 (LB)

Jesus won’t go away – you can count on Him

Jesus won’t go away – you can count on Him

Jesus’ Friends haveJesus’ Friends have

HopeHope

Jesus’ Friends haveJesus’ Friends have

AcceptanceAcceptance

Jesus’ Friends haveJesus’ Friends have

ValueValue

Jesus’ Friends haveJesus’ Friends have

PurposePurpose

Jesus’ Friends – The ChurchJesus’ Friends – The Church

CommunityCommunity

Jesus’ Friends – The ChurchJesus’ Friends – The Church

A place to be A place to be realreal

Jesus’ Friends – The ChurchJesus’ Friends – The Church

A place where A place where youyou matter and where matter and where

othersothers matter to you. matter to you.

There’s nothing like There’s nothing like the local church the local church when the local when the local

church is working church is working right!right!

Receive Jesus’ invitation to become His

friend!

Receive Jesus’ invitation to become His

friend!

If you confess with If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in Lord,” and believe in your heart that God your heart that God raised him from the raised him from the dead, you will be dead, you will be saved.saved. Romans 10:9Romans 10:9

BABY STEPSBABY STEPS

1. Tell the person who brought you

2. Introduce yourself to me – tell me

BABY STEPSBABY STEPS

3. Get your free Bible – read it

4. Come back!

BABY STEPSBABY STEPS

5. Join me Thursday night, 7PM for “Talk!”

6. LIFE Groups