Friend Relationships
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Types of Friendships
Types of Friendships
Effects of healthy friendships
“When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.”
“When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.”
You become like the people you spend time with
Effects of negative friendships
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Scripture
: “Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.”
Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
Friends help you in your journey, not hinder you
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
: “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!”
Experiement of woman standing
Social experiment example
Friends tell you what you need to hear
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!
: “Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.”
Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
Life story: Pasha telling me my songs are stupid
But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
Effects of negative friendships
Effects of negative friendships
Effects of negative friendships
You become like the people you spend time with
: “Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”
: “Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, 25 lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.
Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
nor go with a wrathful man,
25 lest you learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.
Peer Pressure
Peer Pressure
Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”
1 Corinthians
A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
nor go with a wrathful man,
lest you learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.
Vice versa, if you surround yourself with people of good influence, it will have the same effect.
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Proverbs 27
Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!
One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor,
but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Ecclesiates 4:9-10
Peer Pressure
Which kind of person are you?
Illustration: Crab mentality
Old man donkey fable: Wasn’t riding donkey, rode donkey, boy rode donkey, both rode donkey, carried donkey
An old fable that has been passed down for generations tells about an elderly man who was traveling with a boy and a donkey. As they walked through a village, the man was leading the donkey and the boy was walking behind. The townspeople said the old man was a fool for not riding, so to please them he climbed up on the animal’s back.
When they came to the next village, the people said the old man was cruel to let the child walk while he enjoyed the ride. So, to please them, he got off and set the boy on the animal’s back and continued on his way.
In the third village, people accused the child of being lazy for making the old man walk, and the suggestion was made that they both ride. So the man climbed on and they set off again.
In the fourth village, the townspeople were indignant at the cruelty to the donkey because he was made to carry two people. The frustrated man was last seen carrying the donkey down the road.
Life lived like this is a disaster, because you are always changing and catering to every crowd!
Stand for something!
If you have convictions, and morals, find people and friends that share them, and stand for something!
Illustration: Crab mentality
Illustration: Crab mentality
Which kind of person are you?
Which kind of person are you?
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