Talk
(Friends)
Stuff needed
- Paper to write ideas on / pen
Talk Introduction
- Tonight
we are going to talk about friends
The middle bit
- What
makes somebody a good friend?
- What
do you expect from a friend?
- Acceptance
– take you as you are
- Honesty
- Trust
- Loyalty
- Understanding
- Love
- [Do
your friends live up to your expectations?]
- How
important are friends to you?
- Could
you live without them?
- Some
people have lots of friends…some have only one or two…
- Is
it better to have loads of friends or just one ‘best friend’?
- Do
you ever fall out with your friends?
- About
what?
- How
does that make you feel?
- The
Bible tells us that we can be God’s friend, if we want…
- Jesus
said…
- John
15:12 – 15
”This is my command: love each other as I have loved you. The greatest love a person can show is to die for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you…I call you friends because I have made known to you everything I heard from my Father.” - If
that’s what the Bible says, how do we become God’s friend?
- By
following him…
- By
living our life for God, rather than living our life for ourselves…
- According
to the Bible, ‘the greatest love a person can show is to die for his
friends’
- What
do you think that means?
- To
love someone so much, that you’d be willing to give up your life for them
- That’s
what Jesus did!
Conclusion
- Friends
are an important part of our lives…
- They
can be frustrating, drive us mad
- They
can bring us a great deal of happiness
- So
let us finish by praying for our friends…
- What
I’d like you to do, is to write the names of your friends on a piece of
paper and put them in the bowl…
- Then
when we’ve all done that, I’d like you each to pick a name from the bowl
and pray for that person
- [Pray]
Talk
(friends…boyfriends…girlfriends)
Talk Introduction
- Today
we are going to talk about friends, boyfriends and girlfriends
The middle bit
- How
important are friends to you?
- Some
people have lots of friends, some maybe only have one or two…
- Do
you think it is better to have loads of friends or one 'best friend'?
- What
do you expect from a friend?
- Accepting
- takes you as you are
- Honesty
- Trustworthy
- Loyalty
- Understanding
- Love
- Do
your friends live up to your expectations?
- John
15:13 says
"The greatest love a person can show is to die for his friends" - Would
you be willing to die for your friends? Why?
- Do
you ever fall out with your friends?
- About
what?
- How
does that make you feel?
- The
reality is friendship is hard work.
- Friends
do get close, but do you think they can get too close?
- Have
you ever fancied / asked out one of your friends?
- What's
the difference between a friend and boyfriend…girlfriend?
- Is
it completely different?
- If
you're going out with someone, is it more important to get off or be
friends?
- What
is more exciting?
- Which
will last?
Conclusion
- Friends
are an important part of our lives.
- They
can be frustrating, complicated, but at their best they can bring us a
great deal of happiness.
- Ecclesiastes
4:9
"Two people are better than one, because they get more done by working together. If one falls down, the other can help him up. But it is bad for the person who is alone and falls, because no one is there to help" - So
let us pray for our friends…
- What
I'd like you to do, is to write the names of your friends on a piece of
paper and put them into the bowl…
- When
we've all done that, I'd like you each to pick out a name, from the bowl
and pray for that person
Other Bible references
- Proverbs
27:
"The slap of a friend can be trusted to help you, but the kisses of an enemy are nothing but lies" - Proverbs
18:24
"Some friends may ruin you, but a real friend will be more loyal than a brother" - Proverbs
17:17
"A friend loves you all the time, and a brother helps in time of trouble." - Luke
7:34
"The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look at him! He eat too much and drinks too much wine, and he is a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'" - Luke
11:5-13 What are we willing to do for friends?
- John
11:1-16 and 38-44 Lazarus "a friend"
- Song
of songs 5:10-16 P613:
- My
lover is healthy and tanned, the best of ten thousand men
- His
head is like the finest gold; his hair is wavy and black like a raven.
- His
eyes are like doves by the springs of water, they seem to be bathed in
cream and are set like jewels
- His
cheeks are like beds of spices; they smell like mounds of perfume. His
lips are like lilies flowing with myrrh
- His
hands are like gold hinges, filled with jewels. His body is like shiny
ivory covered with sapphires.
- His
legs are like large marble posts, standing on bases of fine gold. He is
like a cedar of Lebanon, like the finest of the trees.
- His
mouth is sweet to kiss, and I desire him very much. Yes daughters of
Jerusalem, this is my lover and my friend.
