1. Friendship Sunday!

2. You can pick your friends;
You can pick your nose;
But you can’t pick your friend’s nose.

3. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13

4. You Can Pick Your Friends:
Companionship

5. You Can Pick Your Friends:
“Shoulders”

6. You Can Pick Your Friends:
Sounding Board

7. You Can Pick Your Friends:
Fun

8. Why is Friendship so important?
What Do You Think?
Why is Friendship so important?

9. Acquaintance =
Someone I know

10. When two people bring out all their baggage and its “Ok.”
Friendship

11. When No One is Looking

12. We aren’t as perfect as we pretend

13. Sometimes the hurt is deep

14. Loneliness is real, even in a crowd

15. they’re often in the same boat
Friends –
they’re often in the same boat

16. God’s Friendship Option

17. You can’t pick this friend – He chose you.

18. He provided a way - The Cross

19. GOD US
S I N
God is one side and all people are on the others side, and Christ Jesus is between them to bring them together, by giving his life for all mankind Timothy 2:5 (LB)

20. GOD US
S I N
God is one side and all people are on the others side, and Christ Jesus is between them to bring them together, by giving his life for all mankind Timothy 2:5 (LB)

21. Jesus won’t go away – you can count on Him

22. Jesus’ Friends have
Hope

23. Jesus’ Friends have
Acceptance

24. Jesus’ Friends have
Value

25. Jesus’ Friends have
Purpose

26. Jesus’ Friends – The Church
Community

27. Jesus’ Friends – The Church
A place to be real

28. A place where you matter and where others matter to you.
Jesus’ Friends – The Church
A place where you matter and where others matter to you.

29. There’s nothing like the local church when the local church is working right!

30. Receive Jesus’ invitation to become His friend!

31. If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9

32. BABY STEPS 1. Tell the person who brought you
2. Introduce yourself to me – tell me

33. BABY STEPS
3. Get your free Bible – read it
4. Come back!

34. BABY STEPS
5. Join me Thursday night, 7PM for “Talk!”
6. LIFE Groups