EVERYONE NEEDS A TRUE FRIEND

EVERYONE NEEDS A TRUE FRIEND

"Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family" Proverbs 18:24 (MSG)

There is a story of two friends who went on a long journey through a thick forest. They felt a bit nervous but they promised to stand by each other and share the same fate. They had not gone far when a wild bear came out from among the trees. One of the friends in great fear climbed up the nearest tree, without caring to think what would happen to the other man. The other man, on his part, fell flat on the ground and held in his breath, pretending to be dead. As he lay thus, the bear came up to him and sniffed him all over. Finding the man stiff in all his limbs, the bear took him to be dead and walked away. When the bear was gone, the man on the tree came down. He greeted his friend, saying – “Thank God that you are saved. My friend, I saw the bear put its mouth very close to your ear. Did it say anything to you?” The friend replied, “Yes, it warned me against a friend who left me in danger to seek his own safety”.

"These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.  Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.  Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already". John  11:11, 14, 17 (KJV )

Beloved, in good times, everybody behaves as if they are our friend. But when things are not going on as expected or when we are surrounded  by wild bears of life, they often take to their heels. Only a true friend sticks to us in difficult times. So, do you have a true friend? Jesus Christ is the best of all friends. He did not abandon Lazarus his friend when the wild bear of sickness and premature death swallowed him. Rather, Jesus chose to visit his friend - Lazarus at such a trying/difficult season of his life.(John 11:11-44)

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Friends, are you passing through a thick forest in life today? Has the wild bear of loneliness, sickness, failure, depression, poverty, joblessness, barrenness swallowed you up?. Has the bear of cancer or fibroid eaten you up? Or is your "Lazarus" already dead and buried? Then, you need a true friend. Jesus Christ is the true friend that you need. If you become His friend today, He will visit you as he visited His dear friend- Lazarus. Yes, He will invade your house/business/marriage/health with His resurrection power and those dead cases/situations will jump back to live. As the Lord God of Heaven lives, all your "Lazarus" shall rise up from the grave before this week is over in Jesus name. 

One powerful song that describes the transformation that happened when Jesus Christ visited His dear friend Lazarus in Bethany is titled "Four Days Late". This song reaffirms why Jesus Christ is the best friend that everyone needs to have. May I urge you to please meditate on the lyrics of this song and trust God for divine intervention in every challenging issue that has made all your friends to turn their backs on you. 

FOUR DAYS LATE by Karen Peck & New River

The news came to Jesus, Please come fast
Lazarus is sick and without your help he will not last
Mary and Martha watched their brother die
They waited for Jesus, He did not come
And they wondered why.

The death watch was over, Buried four days
Somebody said He'll soon be here, the Lord's on His way
Martha ran to Him and then she cried
Lord if you had been here You could have healed him
He'd still be alive

Chorus:
      But You're four days late And all hope is gone
      Lord we don't understand why you've waited so long
      But His way is God's way Not yours or mine
      And isn't it great
      When He's four days late
      He's still on time

Jesus said Martha show me the grave, But she said Lord
You don't understand He's been there four days
The grave stone was rolled back, Then Jesus cried
Lazarus come forth then somebody said
He's alive, He's alive

You may be fighting a battle of fear
You've cried to the Lord I need You now
But he has not appeared.
Friend don't be discouraged
Cause He's still the same
He'll soon be here He'll roll back the stone
And He'll call out your name

I stand on the integrity of God's word to declare that the atmosphere of loses, pain, defeat, disappointment in your Bethany will soon change. In a short while from now, your Mary and Martha will sing a new song. The grave robber stealing from your family will soon be apprehended. The heavy stones placed upon the destiny of your Lazarus shall be rolled away. Heaven will soon call your name and your Lazarus shall walk out of the grave of shame, sickness, loneliness, joblessness, divorce,  barrenness victoriously. The Helper of the helpless will come through for you as He did for Lazarus, His dear friend.

On behalf of my esteemed father in the Lord, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church Of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, I want to invite you to the November 2019 Holy Ghost service. Date: Friday- November 1, 2019. Theme: Swimming In Glory - Part 8 with the subtitle: A Taste Of Water. Time: 7pm (Nigerian Time). Venue: Redemption Camp, Km 46 Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, Nigeria.  Ministering: Our beloved Daddy G.O - Pastor E.A Adeboye and other anointed Ministers of God.

Good morning and God bless you.

Maranatha!

Bro. Okanlawon Taiwo

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