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Connect: FIND AN ONLINE QUIZ—“What kind of friend are you?”(www.emode.com)

Reflect: Read Luke chapter 5
Key verses: 18-19

“Just then some men came, carrying a paralyzed man on a bed. They were trying to bring him in and lay him before Jesus; but finding now way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the middle of the crowd in front of Jesus.”

These guys would do ANYTHING to get some help for their friend. He was sick and they were desperate, so they knew they had to be first in line to get Jesus to help them out. Can you imagine drilling through someone’s roof and dropping a sick friend through it just to see a doctor? These guys were crazy! But that is the kind of friends that they were.

Direct: What kind of friend are you? And what kind of friends do you have? Hopefully we all have a few friends that will help us out when we really need it…even do whatever they have to. Sometimes we don’t even realize that we need friends that will go all out to help us when we need it. I’m sure this guy who was sick and paralyzed didn’t want to be dropped through the roof, but they were did what was necessary to get him the help he needed—probably even without him loving every minute of it.
So you tell us, what kind of friend are you!? Is your discovery based on bible stories like these or another Internet quiz? Give it a chance and you can see that the Bible is the best test of who we are and if we pass or fail at friendship.