Tag: What the Bible says about friends

Bible Verse of The Day – 7-27-16

1 Corinthians 15:33 (NKJV) 33 Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”

Spending time around those who don’t have Christ can affect us. In this verse it says it will “corrupt us”. How many of us have had this happen in our own lives?

We think we are going to CHANGE them. Oh, is that right?

Maybe we like their attitude, their personality, their looks, etc. Maybe we like that they’re successful or have a lot of nice things. Whatever the reason, we are drawn to them and we become friends. We start talking and hanging out more and more.

Not long after, we start to think and talk like them. Things that we would never do or say in the past begin to bother us less and we begin to think, “ah…it’s all right. It’s not that bad and it doesn’t even affect me”.

We start to make excuses for those things we are doing and saying, and we continue right on doing them. After awhile it gets easier to do these things, and then more things get added on. And so the process has begun.

Little by little, inch by inch, we begin to change. And then some day we will look back and say, “WOW, how did that happen?”.

Evil company corrupts good habits. Be alert. Be on guard. Be firm and stand our ground. Don’t cave in just because we like someone.

There is plenty of GOOD company out there.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-10-15

Proverbs 18:24 (NKJV) 24 A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Jesus is an example of a true friend. He listens to us and hears us even when all others turn us away. He helps us through things even when it was us that brought on the problem.

I have a dear brother who needs healing and deliverance. He is in his 40’s and has been in and out of the hospital 3 times this year. Each time he seems to be getting worse. His liver is very bad due to drinking excessively. It is severely damaged and not functioning properly to get rid of the toxins in his body.

Today, as I drove him around to run errands, I just felt like I needed to be his friend. I didn’t need to be looking down at him because he has hurt himself in such a way, or telling him what he did wrong. He just needed a good friend, someone to be there because they care.

Sometimes being a friend means to just be there by their side, no matter what happens or what they have done; To love them and help them even if we don’t see eye to eye on everything.

The balance in this is that we must pray and let God lead us as to who needs help, where and when.

Proverbs 17:17 (NKJV) 17 A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.

Be that friend that God call us to be as He leads us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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