Episode 18 | Friendships: For Refreshment or Ruination

Creating and maintaining healthy friendships is a challenge much easier said than done. The Bible warns us that friendships can build us up or tear us down. While a strong, Christian friendship can bolster us and sharpen us like iron, Proverbs warns us that “companion of fools will suffer harm” (Proverbs 13:20). In this episode, we talk about all things friendship – stages of friendship, codependency, encouragement, boundaries, and more. Will your friendships be for refreshment or ruination?

Thank you for joining us! Below, you can find the information we studied for this episode.

Scriptures

• Genesis 2:18
• 1 Samuel 18:1-5
• Psalm 133:1
• Proverbs 13:20
• Ecclesiastes 4:9
• Romans 12:10
• 1 Corinthians 15:33
• 1 Peter 4:8-10, 5:7

Resources

• ESV Study Bible

Books mentioned:

• Liv’s reads – The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides & The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
• Allison’s reads – Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo & Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

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