[Faith-talk] FW: [thefamilyoffaith] Pray for the right friends by Joyce Meyer

[Eric Calhoun]

I couldn't agree more on this!


Original Message: 
From: "Donna" <godsgirl54 at att.net>
To: <thefamilyoffaith at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [thefamilyoffaith] Pray for the right friends by Joyce Meyer
Date: 
Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:45:55 -0500

Pray for the Right Friends
by Joyce Meyer - posted December 17, 2011 


Don't link up with those who will pollute you. -2 Corinthians 6:17 MSG

True friends don't try to control you-they help you be what God wants you
to be. Put your faith in God, and ask Him to give you friends who are truly
right for you. Perhaps you never thought of using your faith for right
friends, but God offers us a new way to live. He invites us to live by
faith.

There is no part of your life God is not concerned about, and He wants to
be involved in everything you want, need, or do. I cannot make myself
acceptable to all people, and neither can you, but we can believe that God
will give us favor with the people He wants us involved with. Sometimes we
try to have relationships with people God does not even want us to be
associated with. 

Some of the people I really worked hard to be friends with in the past,
often compromising my own conscience in order to gain their acceptance,
were the very ones who rejected me the first time I didn't do exactly as
they wanted me to. I realize now I wanted their friendship for wrong
reasons. I was insecure and wanted to be friends with the "popular" people,
thinking my association with important people would make me important. 

We should put our faith in the Lord to help us choose right friends, as
well as everything else that concerns us.





God is our Refuge and Strength [mighty and impenetrable to temptation], a
very present and well-proved help in trouble. Ps 46:1