What A Friend!
April 10, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Psalm 86:7
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

    Some people say they do not need friends. They have the “I can do it on my own” attitude. Well, either these people are a lot stronger than I am, or they are putting on a front. I could not imagine living life every day with no friends. Friends are there to comfort me in times of sorrow. They encourage me when I get depressed. They are the ones I run to when I have a funny story to tell. They are the ones to whom I tell my greatest accomplishments and share my deepest cares with. These are my Friends, and I thank God for them.

    However, sometimes, in the dark of the night, when you do not wish to wake a friend, my closest friend is always there. Not only does He walk with me through the joys of my life, but also in my deepest troubles. I can call on God twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and twelve months a year, all my life. Better yet, not only does He listen to my heart, but He also calms my soul. He is a good enough friend to tell me when I am about to make a mistake in life and encourages me with His Holy Spirit when I do what is best. What better friend could a person have? 

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

     A hymn we sing in the church comes to mind. “What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and grief to bear…” What a friend indeed.

Can you think of a better or closer friend than Jesus?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and today’s Devotion?

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  April 10, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
Deuteronomy 33, 34 – Psalm 86
Proverbs 10 – Acts 16

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Joshua 21-22 – Luke 9:28-62