Have you had your JOY JUICE today? May I suggest that you go to a Godly friend
and borrow some of theirs when you find yourself running short!
It is
essential to have good friends! Especially those who build us up, tell us what
we need
to hear and draw us closer to God.
We need accountability; we need wise counsel; we need each other! That’s
the way God planned it. He didn’t intend
for us to walk through life alone. Of
course, we are never truly alone because GOD is always there for us. But He created relationships and wants us to
have friends along this journey. It’s
through our friends that He often speaks.
Do you have
Godly friends who believe in Jesus, who are continually studying the Word of
God to become more like Jesus and who are praying faithfully as they follow
Jesus? That’s the kind of friend we all
need. We can trust their counsel as God uses them to speak to us.
Charles
Stanley writes: “Good counseling always
includes a balance of admonition, reproof, discipline, approval, and
encouragement. If a counselor only
addresses the negative all the time, run from that person. If a counselor only agrees with you or
applauds you at all times, run from that person as well. Neither person is going to help you
consistently over time because progress toward health and wholeness requires
that we make changes, turning from bad habits and embracing good habits in our
thinking and behaving.”
Proverbs
12:15 says: “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man is he who
listens to counsel.” (NAS)
May
we seek the counsel of the Godly people in our lives and listen for God’s voice
as He speaks through them.
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