The Power Of A Teenage Prayer

Chapter 9: Lord Help Me Have Good Relationships

There is nothing More important in the Life of a Teenager than having good,godly friends. The bible talks so much about the importance of having the right kind of friends that we cant treat this part of our lives lightly. It days the "the righteous should choose his friends carefully,for the way of the wicked leads them astray"(Proverbs 12:26). If it's true that we become
like the friends we spend time with,then we must select our friends  carefully. We should look carefully  at our friends and ask ourselves, "Is that the kind of person I want to be like?" If not,we should ask God to help us get free of that relationship and bring someone better into our Life.

The main quality to look for in a close friends is not how attractive,talented,wealthy,smart,influential,clever,or popular they are. It's how much they love and fear God. The person who will do what it takes to live in the perfect will of God is the kind of friend who will impart something of the goodness of the Lord to you every time you are with them.

God doesn't want us to be unequally yoke with unbelievers. That doesn't mean we should mean have anything to do with people who don't know Him. Far from it. We are God's tool to reach others for his Kingdom. But our closest relationship,the one's that influence us the most,need to be with people who love and fear God. If you don't have closest friends who are believer's,ask God to send you some. He will do that. Use the following signs of desireable and undesireble friends to help you see the truth about your relationship.

Seven Signs Of A Desirable Friend
1) A desireable friend tells you the truth in Love. "Faithful are the wounds of a friend,but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.(Proverbs 27:6).

2) A desirable friend gives you sound advice."Oinament and perfume delight the Heart, and the sweetness of a man's friend gives delight by hearty counsel" (Proverbs 27:9).

3) A desireble friend helps you become a better person." As iron sharpens iron,so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend"(Proverbs 27:17)

4) A desirable friend helps you become a wiser person."He who walks with wise men will be wise,but the companion of fools will be destroyed" (Proverbs 13:20)

5) A desirable friend remains close to you,even in the tough times. "A man who has friends must himself be friendly, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother" (Proverbs 18:24).

6) A desirable friend loves you and stands by you,even when you do stupid things". A friend loves at all times,and a brother is born for adversity"(Proverbs 17:17)

7) A desirable friend helps you when you are having trouble in your life so you won't have to go through it alone."Two are better than one,because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall,one will lift up His companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls,for he has no one to help him up" (Ecclesiastes 4:9-10).

If you have friends with the qualities listed above,protect those friendships with prayer. If you have friends who have any of the undesirable qualities listed below,you need to pray about them as well. Ask God if they are the people He wants you spend time with or not. If not,ask Him to take those relationship out of your Life and bring new ones to you that are better.

Seven signs Of An Undesirable Friend
1) An undesireable friend is ungodly and doesn't care if he hurts other people."I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother,who is sexually immoral,or covetous,or an idolter,or a reviler,or a drunkard,or an extortioner-not even to eat with such a person" (1 Corinthians 5:11)

2) An undesirable friend is changeable and unstable,and you never know how the person is going to act from one day to the next. "Do not associate with those given to change; for their calamity will rise suddenly,and who knows the ruin those two can bring?" (Proverbs 24:21-22)