THE ESSENCE OF FRIENDSHIP (1 OF 4)
by Jason Dees
Scripture: John 17:20-23
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The Essence of Friendship (1 of 4)
Series: Friendship, the Sweetest Influence
Jason Dees
John 17:20-23
20 ''I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
This is God's Word...
So, I watched It's a Wonderful Life this Christmas for like the 30th time, and like always, it moved me. It has one of the most satisfying endings to a movie ever. It's fascinating to me how people watch that movie over and over again, that 72-year-old movie, every Christmas and love it. But I haven't seen It's a Wonderful Life in probably 5 years or so, and let me tell you this go around it moved me in kind of a whole new way. You watch It's a Wonderful Life differently as a 36-year-old than you do as a 16-year-old or even as a 26-year-old. At 16, you know, it's hard to think about the disappointing turns of your life or the hard decisions you had to make or the reality of where you are compared to where some of your friends are or where you thought you could be. You know, all of that sets in at 36 in a new way, but the thing that we love about that movie and the thing that makes the ending so satisfying is the message of the movie which is as long as you have friends, as long as you are loved, really loved then you are significant; you are someone.
So, why do we need that so? Why do we really long for true friendship, and why is that kind of love so satisfying? C.S. Lewis speaks of this kind of love in his book The Four Loves and says that ''friendship is the least instinctive, organic, biological, gregarious and necessary kind of love. ...
Series: Friendship, the Sweetest Influence
Jason Dees
John 17:20-23
20 ''I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
This is God's Word...
So, I watched It's a Wonderful Life this Christmas for like the 30th time, and like always, it moved me. It has one of the most satisfying endings to a movie ever. It's fascinating to me how people watch that movie over and over again, that 72-year-old movie, every Christmas and love it. But I haven't seen It's a Wonderful Life in probably 5 years or so, and let me tell you this go around it moved me in kind of a whole new way. You watch It's a Wonderful Life differently as a 36-year-old than you do as a 16-year-old or even as a 26-year-old. At 16, you know, it's hard to think about the disappointing turns of your life or the hard decisions you had to make or the reality of where you are compared to where some of your friends are or where you thought you could be. You know, all of that sets in at 36 in a new way, but the thing that we love about that movie and the thing that makes the ending so satisfying is the message of the movie which is as long as you have friends, as long as you are loved, really loved then you are significant; you are someone.
So, why do we need that so? Why do we really long for true friendship, and why is that kind of love so satisfying? C.S. Lewis speaks of this kind of love in his book The Four Loves and says that ''friendship is the least instinctive, organic, biological, gregarious and necessary kind of love. ...
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