3 Guys You Need in Your Life Now More Than Ever

That is the role of wise people in our lives—to serve as model and inspiration. To bounce our ideas off and test our presumptions.

Since Christ is our model for personal ministry, we too want to understand people so that we can serve him in their lives. We too must be committed to entering their worlds. We can begin by taking the time to ask good questions and listen well. Our hope is that others would seek us out and share more of their true struggles, so that they may find,

Your path to friendship really begins with an absolute trust that God both knows what is best for you and is also working to bring the best into your life. If you do not hold that conviction firmly within your mind, you will forever question every opportunity you are given. You will take your walk down the path of cynicism and away from friendship.

The true friend is the other who hopes you’ll answer the call, who’s willing to challenge you and upset you in order to get you to look at yourself and ask yourself: What am I doing? What do I love? Who am I? The true friend is the other who has the courage to impose a conviction, who paints a substantive picture of the good, who prods and prompts

READ Acts 16:1–5. Now read what Paul wrote to the churches about Timothy in Philippians 2:19–24. Finally, read Paul’s words to Timothy many years later in 2 Timothy 3:10–17. ANSWER these questions: 1. What was it about Paul and Timothy’s relationship that made Paul’s message powerful to Timothy? 2. What might keep you from engaging in these types o