1. Standing up:
friends

2. Standing up to “Friends”
Bad friends (Proverbs 1:8-19)
Good friends misguided (1 Sam 24:1-7; Sam 26:6-12)

3. Standing up: Lead Your Friends
Daniel (Daniel 1:8-20)
Titus (Titus 2:6-10)

4. Standing up With Your Friends
“When they were released, they went to their friends” (Acts 4:23-27)
Jesus sent them out “two by two” (Luke 10:1)
Joshua & Caleb (Num 14); Deborah & Barak (Judg 4); Peter & John (Acts 3-4); Paul & Barnabas (Acts 13)

5. Standing up: Make Jesus your friend
Choose your friends wisely (Prov 27:17)
Make Jesus your closest friend (John 15:12-17)