Because you are my friend, I Greet you and bless you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

In the New Testament, the people who believed in Jesus were good friends with each other. They studied the Scriptures together. They constantly discussed the things Jesus’ disciples had taught them. They even shared copies of the disciples’ letters so everyone could read them.They spent time together, shared meals, and prayed for one another. Why? Because they were friends.

As friends, let us do the same by praying for each other and sharing the Word of God, because we are friends. John 15:15 tells us that Jesus promoted His followers from servants to friends, then to God’s children. 1John 3:1 tells us that because of love we are called sons, adopted because of  God’s love for us. Because of God’s pleasure and His will, we have received adoption through Christ Jesus (Eph 1:5). Good friendship with each other in Christ leads to nothing but goodness in life.

Good friends are not critical of each other. Good friends don’t gossip about each other or backbite, neither do good friends intentionally hurt each other. Nevertheless, things can go wrong from time to time with friends and family, but thank God for the power of repentance and reconciliation; good friends make up quickly, and restore each other quickly, Luke 17:3, Gal 6:1, remembering that in Christ we are not just friends anymore but family. So my family, let us do more walking than we do talking, Jesus walked a lot, and did many good works. I pray that God would knit us and bind us together in the Spirit, covered under the blood of Jesus Christ. In Jesus’ name. Amen.