Making friends

The first Christians were a tight-knit group. When Jesus' followers Peter and John were hauled in front of the authorities, the Christian community immediately got together, talked it over and praised God. As Christians it's fantastic to have people who will point us to God when things get tough.

Who do we spend time with? We probably fit into one of these two groups: (1) We spend a lot of time with non-Christians. Having a friendship group that's not on our faith-wavelength is great for living out our faith. If they're genuine friends, they won't be put off by our Bible app or the fact we go to church. And we can be sure that the Holy Spirit is working through us as we do life with them. But it's really important to make an effort to build up a base of faith-minded people. Even if they aren't our best friends, their Christian grounding is important.

(2) The flipside: we find ourselves with Christians most of the time. The first Christians did. Because we share more, at our core, with followers of Jesus, we'll naturally share more of a friendship base with them. But let's apply the same rule as above. It's good to naturally share our relationship with God with non-Christians who are growing to trust us.



So what now? Is your close friendship group composed mostly of Christians or non-Christians? Pray about how you can make a move to get to know more of the other group.





— SCRIPTURE —

'Peter and John returned to the other believers.' Acts 4:23 NLT
— SOULFOOD —

Dan 1-2, Luke 3:11-20, Ps 81, Pro 2:11-15