Why should we choose our friends wisely?

Why should we choose our friends wisely?

The righteous should choose his friends carefully,

For the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Proverbs 12:26 (NKJV)

The Bible says that those who are righteous choose their friends carefully. Why should we choose our fiends wisely?

1. The right friends can sharpen you

The right friend will bring out the best in you and will sharpen you to become the best version of yourself. A good friend will correct you when you are wrong and will encourage you to do good works:

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

Proverbs 27:17 (NLT)

2. When you walk with wise friends you too will become wise

When you walk and spend time with friends who are wise, you too will be wise, however when you spend time with fools, you too will be foolish therefore it is important that we choose our friends carefully:

He who walks with wise men will be wise,

But the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Proverbs 13:20 (NKJV)

3. Some friends can stick closer to you than your brother

There are certain friends who can stay closer to you than even a biological brother or sister. This is why it’s so important for us to maintain the right friends:

There are “friends” who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 18:24 (NLT)

Prayer

Dear Lord, please help me to choose my friends wisely me in Jesus name.

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Blessing Theophilus-Israel

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There is wisdom in winning souls

There is wisdom in winning souls

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who wins souls is wise.

Proverbs 11:30

We are told that he who wins souls is wise. Why is winning souls so important to God?

1. God desires everyone to be saved

God loves humanity so much that He was willing to offer His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.

John 3:16-17

2. God desires that everyone will know the truth

God desires that everyone will be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth of Who Jesus Christ is:

Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

1 Timothy 2:4

3. Winning souls is God’s number one priority

Winning souls is God’s number one priority on earth. Jesus said the harvest is plentiful but the labourers are few. He therefore encouraged us to pray to the Father to send workers into the harvest:

Therefore said He unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into His harvest.

Luke 10:2 (KJV)

Prayer

Dear Lord, please give me wisdom to win souls for You on a daily basis in Jesus name.

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God bless,

Blessing Theophilus-Israel

Spiritual Life Coach