1. Developing Strong & Healthy Friendships

2. “My advice for anybody who plays this game is form an alliance and stick with it.” Rudy Boesch

3. Developing Strong & Healthy Friendships

4. Five Marks of a Strong Alliance

5. 1 1 Loyalty to Each Other

6. 1 Samuel 20:42 (NIV) Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘The LORD is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.’”

8. Proverbs 17:17 (NLT) A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.

9. 2 2 Mutual Love & Support

10. Lean On Me by Bill Withers Sometimes in our lives, We all have pain, We all have sorrow. But if we are wise, We know that there's Always tomorrow.

11. Lean on me, When you're not strong. I'll be your friend. I'll help you carry on, For it won't be long ‘Til I'm gonna need Somebody to lean on.

12. Please swallow your pride, If I have things You need to borrow. For no one can fill Those of your needs That you won't let show.

13. You just call on me brother When you need a hand. We all need somebody to lean on. I just might have a problem that You'll understand. We all need somebody to lean on.

14. Lean on me, When you're not strong. I'll be your friend. I'll help you carry on, For it won't be long ‘Til I'm gonna need Somebody to lean on.

15. You just call on me brother When you need a hand. We all need somebody to lean on. I just might have a problem that You'll understand. We all need somebody to lean on.

16. If there is a load You have to bear That you can't carry. I'm right up the road, I'll share Your load if you just call me. Call me, Call me, Call me, Call me…

17. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NLT) Two people can accomplish more than twice as much as one; they get a better return for their labour. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But people who are alone when they fall are in real trouble. And on a cold night, two

18. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NLT) under the same blanket can gain warmth from each other. But how can one be warm alone? A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back- to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided

19. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NLT) cord is not easily broken.

20. 3 3 Sense of Team

21. “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” ~ Michael Jordan “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” ~ Michael Jordan Michael Jordan

22. INDIVIDUAL GROWTH

23. Proverbs 27:17 (NLT) As iron sharpens iron, a friend sharpens a friend.

24. INDIVIDUAL GROWTH EACH PERSON IS ESSENTIAL

25. Romans 12:4-5 (NLT) Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ's body. We are all parts of his one body, and each of us has different work to do. And since we are all one body in Christ, we belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others.

26. INDIVIDUAL GROWTH EACH PERSON IS ESSENTIAL COMMON FOCUS

27. Ephesians 4:3-6 (NLT) Always keep yourselves united in the Holy Spirit, and bind yourselves together with peace. We are all one body, we have the same Spirit, and we have all been called to the same glorious future. There is only one Lord, one faith, Always keep yourselves united in the Holy Spirit, and bind yourselves together with peace. We are all one body, we have the same Spirit, and we have all been called to the same glorious future. There is only one Lord, one faith,

28. Ephesians 4:3-6 (NLT) one baptism, and there is only one God and Father, who is over us all and in us all and living through us all.

29. INDIVIDUAL GROWTH EACH PERSON IS ESSENTIAL COMMON FOCUS SHARED EXPERIENCES

30. Romans 12:14-15 (NLT) When others are happy, be happy with them. If they are sad, share their sorrow. Live in harmony with each other. Don't try to act important, but enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don't think you know it all!

31. Acts 2:44 (NLT) And all the believers met together constantly and shared everything they had.

32. INDIVIDUAL GROWTH EACH PERSON IS ESSENTIAL COMMON FOCUS SHARED EXPERIENCES WIN-WIN MINDSET

34. “There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the Michael Jordan

35. team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that if Michael Jordan

36. you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves.” Michael Jordan

37. Romans 12:10 (NLT) Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honouring each other.

38. 4 4 Believe the Best in Each Other

39. Philippians 2:1-4 (NLT) Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and sympathetic? Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working

40. Philippians 2:1-4 (NLT) together with one heart and purpose. Don't be selfish; don't live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don't think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing. together with one heart and purpose. Don't be selfish; don't live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don't think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing.

41. 5 5 1 + 1 = 3

42. Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NLT) Two people can accomplish more than twice as much as one; they get a better return for their labour.

43. Developing Strong & Healthy Friendships