Developing Healthy Friendships

Developing Healthy

Friendships

Father, help me to meet new friends — friends who will

encourage me. M ay 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 members of the Body of Christ.

According to Proverbs 27:17 CEV, as iron sharpens iron, so

friends sharpen the minds of each other. As we learn from each

other, may we find a worthy purpose in our relationship. Keep me

well-balanced in my friendships, so that I will always please You

rather than pleasing 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.

Father, 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 help 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, and 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 humor.

Help me to relax around people and to be myself — the person

You created me to be. Instruct my heart and mold my character,

that I may be faithful and trustworthy over the friendships You are

sending into my life.

Father, Your Son, Jesus, is my best Friend. He is a Friend

Who sticks closer than a brother. He defined the standard when

He said in John 15:13, “Greater love hath no man than this, than

a man lay down his life for his friends.”

Thank You, Lord, that I can entrust myself and my need for

friends into Your keeping. I submit to the leadership of the Holy

Spirit, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Scripture References

Proverbs 13:20 NIV 1 Corinthians 15:33 AMP

Ephesians 5:30 NIV James 1:17 NIV

Philippians 2:2,3 NIV Proverbs 17:17

Proverbs 13:20 NIV Romans 12:15

Psalm 84:11 NIV Proverbs 18:24

Ecclesiastes 4:9,10 NIV Psalm 37:4,5 NIV