The Broken Vessel

The Broken Vessel
BROKEN VESSEL

Sunday, July 23, 2017

BE CAREFUL WHO WE CALL FRIEND

John 15:12-15  My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

What a friend we have in Jesus, to become someone's friend is the best thing in the world. Of course, some friend's relationships are more substantial than a brother or sister's, but be careful who you call a friend; some people are wolves in sheep clothing; as long as they can use you, they call you friend.  But, Jesus will never forsake us; he will be there for us until the end of time; so if you want a friend for a lifetime, develop a relationship with Christ, there is no better friend to have in this world.

Lord, this is the start of a new day; thank You for the blessing.  Father, give us a gentle and kind word for all we encounter, help us with our day-to-day struggles, and keep us in Your will.  Bless our children in their comings and going, give them hope, guidance and maintain a hedge of protection around them.  Father, bless those who were called home, and we pray they had given their souls to You; Father give their families the strength and courage to give back to You, what You so graciously gave to them.  Lord, we pray for those falsely incarcerated, wrongfully killed, and the people who took their lives.  Lord, we pray that You save Your people from this self-destruction course we're on; teach us how to stop our young people from killing each other and how to put You back in their lives.  Lord, give our Spiritual and Political Leaders Your love for the people, so Your Churches and the world will operate as Your Kingdom.   Father, help us become the people You created us to be and thank You for the forgiveness of our sins; Lord, let those who plot evil schemes against Your people fall into their own traps, in Jesus mighty name.  Father, remove everything that is not of You from us and cut down those who think too highly of themselves.  Lord, touch the hearts of those who seek to find You and help them receive Your wisdom to gain the knowledge that will save them from this lost world.   Amen

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