1. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.

3. Redefining Friendship Proverbs 13:20 “Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm” Unfriending “You can’t fly like an eagle if you’re hanging out with a bunch of turkey’s” Pastor Ray Hendricks Cheapening the idea of friendship

4. Show me your friends and I will show you your future "It is impossible to live the right life when you have the wrong friends." Redefining Friendship Proverbs 12:26 “The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.”

5. There is a tension that we cannot eliminate "It is impossible to live the right life when you have the wrong friends." Redefining Friendship Proverbs 12:26 1Corinthians 15:33 Do not be misled: ‘Bad company corrupts good character.’

6. So how do we resolve this tension? "It is impossible to live the right life when you have the wrong friends." Redefining Friendship Proverbs 12:26 2 Corinthians 6:14 "Don't be unequally yoked with nonbelievers." Proverbs 22:24-25 “Don’t befriend angry people or associate with hot-tempered people, or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul.”

7. So how do we resolve this tension? "It is impossible to live the right life when you have the wrong friends." Redefining Friendship Proverbs 12:26 2 Corinthians 6:14 "Don't be unequally yoked with nonbelievers." Proverbs 22:24-25 “Don’t befriend angry people or associate with hot-tempered people, or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul.”

8. Strong core and deep roots "It is impossible to live the right life when you have the wrong friends." Redefining Friendship Proverbs 12:26 Jesus is our perfect example He loved everyone equally, but He didn't treat everyone equally You don't have to let everyone into your inner circle

9. Number One I will never let my friends distract me from God's plan "It is impossible to live the right life when you have the wrong friends." Redefining Friendship Proverbs 12:26 Mathew 16:23 Jesus turned and said to Peter ‘Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.’ 1 Timothy 6:10 “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.”

10. Number Two I will not let my friends continually tempt me to sin "It is impossible to live the right life when you have the wrong friends." Redefining Friendship Proverbs 12:26 Genesis 39:12 “She caught him by his cloak and said, ‘Come to bed with me!’ But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.” Hebrews 11:25 “...the pleasures of sin are for a season” There will be seasons in your life where you will have to redefine a friendship

11. Number Three I will never ever stop loving people with the unconditional love of Christ "It is impossible to live the right life when you have the wrong friends." Redefining Friendship Proverbs 12:26 John 13:34-35 “A new command I give you: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” Jesus did not unfriend sinners “To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.”

12. Number Three I will never ever stop loving people with the unconditional love of Christ "It is impossible to live the right life when you have the wrong friends." Redefining Friendship Proverbs 12:26 Luke 10:27 “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbour as yourself.” Love God, love people

14. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.