Developing Healthy Friendships

References:
Proverbs 13:20 (NIV) / Ephesians 5:30 (NIV) / Philippians 2:2, 3 (NIV) / Proverbs 13:20 (NIV) / Psalm 84:11 (NIV) / Ecclesiastes 4:9, 10 (NIV) / 1 Corinthians 15:33 (AMP) / James 1:17 (NIV) / Proverbs 17:17 / Romans 12:15 / Proverbs 18:24 / Psalm 37:4, 5 (NIV)

Abba, help me to meet new friends -- friends who will encourage me. May I find in these friendships the companionship and fellowship You have ordained for me. I know that You are my Source of Love, companionship and friendship. Your love and friendship are expressed through my relationship with You and believers of the Body of Moshiach. According to Proverbs 27:17, as iron sharpens iron, so friends sharpen the minds of each other. As we learn from each other, we may find a worthy purpose for our relationship. Keep me well balanced in my friendships, so that I will always please You, rather than please other people. I ask for divine connections -- good friendships ordained by You. Thank you for the courage and grace to let go of detrimental friendships. I ask and receive by faith, discernment for developing healthy relationships. Your word says that two are better than one, because if one falls, there will be someone to lift that person up. Abba, You know the hearts of people, so I won’t be deceived by outward appearances. Bad friendships corrupt good morals. Thank You for quality friends who helped me build a stronger character and draw me closer to You. Help me be a friend to others and to love my friends at all times. I will laugh with those who laugh, I will rejoice with those who rejoice, I will weep with those who weep. Teach me what I need to know to be a quality friend. Develop in me a fun personality and a good sense of humour. Help me to relax around people and to be myself -- the person You created me to be. Instruct my heart and mould my character that I may be faithful and trustworthy over the friendships You are sending into my life. Abba Your Son Yeshua Moshiach is my best Friend. He is a Friend who always are closer than a brother. He defined the standards when He said in John 15:13 “Greater love hath no man than this, then a man lay down his life for his friends.” Thank You Abba, that I can entrust myself and my need for friends into Your keeping. I submit to the leadership of Your Ruach Kodesh in the Name of Yeshua. Amein.