Could this be what you're missing?
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Lakeshore Friends—
It’s so important that we have the right relationships in our lives, isn’t it? Relationships with people that care for us deeply, and with whom we care for as well. People who will help us and who we can help. People who help us become better followers of Jesus and who we help do the same. These are the people who we can “do” life with, who we can hang together with, and just have fun with too! They are the kinds of friends that Proverbs 18:24 says stick with us closer than a brother or sister does.
We all want those kinds of friends. We all need those kinds of friends. And yet, we all wish we had more of those kinds of friends. Some of us wish we had just one of those friends.
Where do you find friends like that? I can tell you from experience it’s not easy. Friends like this are hard to find. And once you find friends that might be candidates, it takes time to arrive at a place like what I just described above. After all, you can’t get close or deep with a person without time. While there are many circumstances that lead us to establish great friendships, the Bible identifies one of the most powerful ways to make this happen.
Small groups.
They offer us three important ways to grow together and three important benefits that will come from them. And in time (and it will take time), they can help us find some of the best friendships we’ll ever find.
Over the next two weeks, we’ll talk about why you need a Small Group and how you can plug in to one as they kick off this fall.
Who knows? It could be one of the best things you could do to make friends and have relationships with others who you grow to love.
Warmly,
Vince
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