Don Duncan
Role at Tree of Life:
Senior Pastor
Date Spoken:
November 4, 2007
Notes:
Friends In Low Places
Casual friends are the result of ________________.
Close friends are the result of _________________.
Proverbs 27:19 GN
Proverbs 12:26 NIV
Avoid people who have chosen to be:
_____________ 2 Thess. 3:6-10, Prov. 12:24
_____________ Prov. 22:24-25, Prov. 16:32
_____________ 1 Cor 5:9-11, Eph 5:3-7, 1 Cor.15:33
_____________ Eccl 5:10-11, Prov 23:6-7, Prov 15:27
_____________ 2 Cor. 6:14-17, Ps. 53:1, Ps. 1:1
Friends Are Friends Forever
Eccl 4:9-10 NIV
Select close friends who will:
Stimulate me ______________. Prov. 13:20
Support me _______________. Prov. 17:17
Strengthen me _____________. Heb. 4:24
Gen 2:18 NIV “It is not good for man to be alone.”
When I _____________________________________.
Rom 12:15 “Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.”
Rom 15:1-2 “We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.”
When I _____________________________________.
Gal 5:13-15 “...serve one another in love. The entire law is summed up in a single command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.”
Rom 12:10 “Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.”
When I _____________________________________.
Eph 4:25 “Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body.”
1 Pet 4:8 “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.”
When I _____________________________________.
Prov 18:1 “An unfriendly man pursues selfish ends…”
Phil 2:4 “Each of you should look not only to your own
interests, but also to the interests of others.”
John 15:15 “I no longer call you servants...Instead I have called you friends…”
Answers:
Circumstance
Choice
Lazy
Angry
Immoral
Greedy
Unbelieving
Mentally
Emotionally
Spiritually
1. See you in need.
2. Disagree with you.
3. Discover something wrong.
4. Get nothing in return.