A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.  Proverbs 18:24

Oh the wisdom found in Proverbs. Just as true now as when it was first written.

Open, honest, supportive, and loving relationships don’t happen without investment in time together. Ask the Lord to lead you to close friends in his family. Minister to and serve those around you. Listen to their requests, faithfully upholding them in prayer. Spend time in Christian service with other servant believers. Join a Bible study or support group. As you do, trust that God will give you a stick-through-thick-and-thin-kind-of-friend as you pray to have “a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” Companions are easy to find but can be unreliable. The development of genuine Christian friends is an investment of effort and time, but they are friends with whom we will share forever.

Precious God, I thank you for my friends. Please, dear Father, lead me into the life of people this week who need me to be their friend. Bless all those who read Today’s Verse with a Christian friend. I pray that they will help each other in their walk with you. Thank you so much, dear Father, for my faithful friend, Jesus, in whose name I pray. Amen.

To all those that receive this devotion, God has put you in my path for a reason. Whether family or friend, we are brothers and sisters in Christ. And there’s nothing more that needs to be said. Bound by His grace, mercy and love we are forever! I praise God and give thanks for each and every one of you.