What A Friend

January 3, 2021 (Sunday)

If you have a friend you are very fortunate. Real friends are priceless. We can confide in them and they in us. At times we may be of help to them; they stand ready to help us.

“The only way to have a friend is to be one. A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. Happy is the house that shelters a friend. A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. Let the soul be assured that somewhere in the universe it should rejoin its friend, and it would be content and cheerful alone for a thousand years.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Scriptures to remember:
Proverbs 18:24
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Proverbs 27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:15
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

You love your friend; your friend loves you. if both of you love Jesus then your friendship is secure.

WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS
Text: Joseph M. Scriven, 1820-1886
Music: Charles C. Converse, 1832-1918

What a friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer.

Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged;
take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful
who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
take it to the Lord in prayer.

Are we weak and heavy laden,
cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge;
take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In his arms he’ll take and shield thee;
thou wilt find a solace there.

LISTEN

For the rest of January, the blog each day will be about prayer and hymns which encourage us in our prayer life.

The Prayer
January 4, 2021 Monday

Devotional Prayer
January 5, 2021 Tuesday

Just Keep On Praying
January 6, 2021 Wednesday

What Is Prayer?
January 7, 2021 Thursday

I Am Praying for You
January 8, 2021 Friday

Tell It to Jesus
January 9, 2021 Saturday

I Must Tell Jesus
January 10, 2021 Sunday

A Little Talk With Jesus
January 11, 2021 Monday

Take It To The Lord In Prayer
January 12, 2021 Tuesday

Did You Think to Pray?
January 13, 2021 Wednesday

Prayer Is the Soul’s Sincere Desire
January 14, 2021 Thursday

Teach Me to Pray
January 15, 2021 Friday

The Beautiful Garden of Prayer
January 16, 2021 Monday

Jesus Prayed
January 17, 2021 Sunday

Daniel Prayed
January 18, 2021 Saturday

Paul Prayed
January 19, 2021 Tuesday

Peter Prayed
January 20, 2021 Wednesday

Moses Prayed
January 21, 2021 Thursday

John Prayed
January 22, 2021 Friday

Come Now and Pray
January 23, 2021 Saturday

Power in Prayer
January 24, 2021 Sunday

Down to the River to Pray
January 25, 2021 Monday

January 26, 2021 Tuesday
Pray for Love, Power and Grace

January 27, 2021 Wednesday
Let us pray, “Lord I Need Your Presence”

January 28, 2021 Thursday
A Mother’s Prayer

January 29, 2021 Friday
The Lord’s Prayer

January 30, 2021 Saturday
Jesus, Hold My Hand

January 31, 2021 Sunday
Just A Closer Walk With Thee