F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Request.

Casual Friends Are The Result Of Circumstances. Close Friends Are The Result Of Choices.

The righteous choose their friends carefully. Proverbs 12:26 (NIV)

F.R.I.E.N.D.S. 1 Corinthians 13

(F)ight for you.

Does Not Delight In Evil. Rejoices In Truth. vs. 5, 6

(R)espect you.

Does Not Envy. Does Not Boast.

Is Not Proud. Is Not Rude. Is Not Selfish.

Is Not Easily Angered.

Keeps No Of Record Of Wrongs. vs. 4-5

(I)nvolve you.

"Learn the international language of a smile.

If you don't know what to do or don't know what to say, the least you can do is smile."

"Ask yourself seriously, 'Would You Want You As A Friend?'"

"Negative people have negative attitudes that repel people. Positive people have positive attitudes that attract people."

(E)ncourage you.

Love Is Patient. Love Is Kind. vs. 4

(N)EED YOU.

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another:

‘What? You too! I Thought I was the only one’” - C.S. Lewis

(D)ESERVE YOU.

Always Protects. Always Trusts. Always Hopes. Always Perseveres. vs. 7

(S)AVE YOU.

Love Never Fails. vs. 8 “Expressionless love is not love” (story guy falls in hole, Dr, Rabbi)

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:13

REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE CAN CHANGE! - The Story Of The Formerly Demon-Possessed Friend: Luke 8:26-39