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Developing Strong & Healthy Friendships

“My advice for anybody who plays this game is form an alliance and stick with it.”

“My advice for anybody who plays this game is form an alliance and stick with it.”Rudy BoeschRudy Boesch

Developing Strong & Healthy Friendships

Five Marks of a Strong

Alliance

Five Marks of a Strong

Alliance

11 Loyalty to Each Other

Loyalty to Each Other

1 Samuel 20:42 (NIV)1 Samuel 20:42 (NIV)

Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the LORD , saying, ‘The LORD is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.’”

Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the LORD , saying, ‘The LORD is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.’”

Proverbs 17:17 (NLT)Proverbs 17:17 (NLT)

A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.

A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.

22 Mutual Love & Support

Mutual Love & Support

Lean On Meby Bill Withers

Sometimes in our lives,We all have pain,

We all have sorrow.But if we are wise,

We know that there'sAlways tomorrow.

Lean On Meby Bill Withers

Sometimes in our lives,We all have pain,

We all have sorrow.But if we are wise,

We know that there'sAlways tomorrow.

Lean on me,When you're not strong.

I'll be your friend.I'll help you carry on,For it won't be long‘Til I'm gonna need

Somebody to lean on.

Lean on me,When you're not strong.

I'll be your friend.I'll help you carry on,For it won't be long‘Til I'm gonna need

Somebody to lean on.

Please swallow your pride,If I have things

You need to borrow.For no one can fill

Those of your needsThat you won't let show.

Please swallow your pride,If I have things

You need to borrow.For no one can fill

Those of your needsThat you won't let show.

You just call on me brotherWhen you need a hand.

We all need somebody to lean on.I just might have a problem that

You'll understand.We all need somebody to lean on.

You just call on me brotherWhen you need a hand.

We all need somebody to lean on.I just might have a problem that

You'll understand.We all need somebody to lean on.

Lean on me,When you're not strong.

I'll be your friend.I'll help you carry on,For it won't be long‘Til I'm gonna need

Somebody to lean on.

Lean on me,When you're not strong.

I'll be your friend.I'll help you carry on,For it won't be long‘Til I'm gonna need

Somebody to lean on.

You just call on me brotherWhen you need a hand.

We all need somebody to lean on.I just might have a problem that

You'll understand.We all need somebody to lean on.

You just call on me brotherWhen you need a hand.

We all need somebody to lean on.I just might have a problem that

You'll understand.We all need somebody to lean on.

If there is a loadYou have to bear

That you can't carry.I'm right up the road,I'll share Your loadif you just call me.

Call me, Call me,Call me, Call me…

If there is a loadYou have to bear

That you can't carry.I'm right up the road,I'll share Your loadif you just call me.

Call me, Call me,Call me, Call me…

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NLT)Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NLT)

Two people can accomplish more than twice as much as one; they get a better return for their labour. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But people who are alone when they fall are in real trouble. And on a cold night, two

Two people can accomplish more than twice as much as one; they get a better return for their labour. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But people who are alone when they fall are in real trouble. And on a cold night, two

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NLT)Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NLT)

under the same blanket can gain warmth from each other. But how can one be warm alone? A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided

under the same blanket can gain warmth from each other. But how can one be warm alone? A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NLT)Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NLT)

cord is not easily broken.cord is not easily broken.

33 Sense of TeamSense of Team

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”

~ Michael Jordan

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”

~ Michael Jordan

Michael JordanMichael Jordan

INDIVIDUAL GROWTHINDIVIDUAL GROWTH

Proverbs 27:17 (NLT)Proverbs 27:17 (NLT)

As iron sharpens iron, a friend sharpens a friend.As iron sharpens iron, a friend sharpens a friend.

INDIVIDUAL GROWTHINDIVIDUAL GROWTH

EACH PERSON IS ESSENTIALEACH PERSON IS ESSENTIAL

Romans 12:4-5 (NLT)Romans 12:4-5 (NLT)

Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ's body. We are all parts of his one body, and each of us has different work to do. And since we are all one body in Christ, we belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others.

Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ's body. We are all parts of his one body, and each of us has different work to do. And since we are all one body in Christ, we belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others.

INDIVIDUAL GROWTHINDIVIDUAL GROWTH

EACH PERSON IS ESSENTIALEACH PERSON IS ESSENTIAL

COMMON FOCUSCOMMON FOCUS

Ephesians 4:3-6 (NLT)Ephesians 4:3-6 (NLT)

Always keep yourselves united in the Holy Spirit, and bind yourselves together with peace.We are all one body, we have the same Spirit, and we have all been called to the same glorious future. There is only one Lord, one faith,

Always keep yourselves united in the Holy Spirit, and bind yourselves together with peace.We are all one body, we have the same Spirit, and we have all been called to the same glorious future. There is only one Lord, one faith,

Ephesians 4:3-6 (NLT)Ephesians 4:3-6 (NLT)

one baptism, and there is only one God and Father, who is over us all and in us all and living through us all.

one baptism, and there is only one God and Father, who is over us all and in us all and living through us all.

INDIVIDUAL GROWTHINDIVIDUAL GROWTH

EACH PERSON IS ESSENTIALEACH PERSON IS ESSENTIAL

COMMON FOCUSCOMMON FOCUS

SHARED EXPERIENCESSHARED EXPERIENCES

Romans 12:14-15 (NLT)Romans 12:14-15 (NLT)

When others are happy, be happy with them. If they are sad, share their sorrow. Live in harmony with each other. Don't try to act important, but enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don't think you know it all!

When others are happy, be happy with them. If they are sad, share their sorrow. Live in harmony with each other. Don't try to act important, but enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don't think you know it all!

Acts 2:44 (NLT)Acts 2:44 (NLT)

And all the believers met together constantly and shared everything they had.

And all the believers met together constantly and shared everything they had.

INDIVIDUAL GROWTHINDIVIDUAL GROWTH

EACH PERSON IS ESSENTIALEACH PERSON IS ESSENTIAL

COMMON FOCUSCOMMON FOCUS

SHARED EXPERIENCESSHARED EXPERIENCES

WIN-WIN MINDSETWIN-WIN MINDSET

“There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the

“There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the

Michael JordanMichael Jordan

team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that if

team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that if

Michael JordanMichael Jordan

you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves.”

you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves.”

Michael JordanMichael Jordan

Romans 12:10 (NLT)Romans 12:10 (NLT)

Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honouring each other.

Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honouring each other.

44Believe the Best in Each Other

Believe the Best in Each Other

Philippians 2:1-4 (NLT)Philippians 2:1-4 (NLT)

Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and sympathetic? Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working

Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and sympathetic? Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working

Philippians 2:1-4 (NLT)Philippians 2:1-4 (NLT)

together with one heart and purpose.Don't be selfish; don't live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don't think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing.

together with one heart and purpose.Don't be selfish; don't live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don't think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing.

55 1 + 1 = 31 + 1 = 3

Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NLT)Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NLT)

Two people can accomplish more than twice as much as one; they get a better return for their labour.

Two people can accomplish more than twice as much as one; they get a better return for their labour.

Developing Strong & Healthy Friendships