What a Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer!
Words: Joseph Scriven, 1855. Music: Charles Converse, 1868.
Above is an old hymn that once I hear, the tune repeats itself in my head for pretty much the rest of the day. It talks of the absolute truth and perfection of our friendship with Jesus. Our true friend.
Reading this Bible passage you see how close the disciples were to Jesus and how much he loved
them. His love is was not just limited to his disciples however has he died for ALL that WHOSOEVER believes in Him, will not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
3 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Jesus will never let us down, He is always loyal, loving and faithful to His promise. He is our comfort and our strength. Where earthly friends can at times let us down, we can always rely on Him. Don’t know Jesus as your best friend? Then please check this link out: http://bygrace.co.uk/believe/
10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
and
14 You are my friends if you do what I command.
Tie in very well with a recent talk on Obedience that we had at our life group. I recommend you read the notes and comments at: http://bygrace.co.uk/2008/02/07/obedience/