May 11, 2025
Choose Your Friends Wisely
- Andy Lynch
Sermon Notes
1. How can I be a good friend?
2. How can I choose friends wisely?
“My main takeaway from all this is…. I’m not going crazy.”
Who am I helping become more like Jesus?
Who is helping me become more like Jesus?
Psalm 146:6 NIV
He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them—he remains faithful forever.
“More than 80 percent of the ocean has not been mapped, explored, or even seen by humans.” – National Geographic
Psalm 146:7 NIV
He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry.
Psalms 146:7-8 NIV
The Lord sets prisoners free, the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous.
Psalms 146:9-10 NIV
The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. The Lord reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the Lord.
Psalm 146:8b NIV
The Lord loves the righteous.
To be righteous doesn’t mean being perfect—it means knowing that Jesus has saved us, and choosing to live in the reality of that salvation.
"Carriers never deploy alone." – Forbes
Psalm 146:10 NIV
The Lord reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the Lord.
Psalm 34:18 NIV
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 146:7 NIV
He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry.
“No one likes a fair-weather fan, so why would you want to be a fair-weather friend.” – Nathan Lynch
Proverbs 18:24 NLT
There are “friends” who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 19:20-21 NLT
Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you will be wise the rest of your life. You can make many plans, but the LORD ’s purpose will prevail.
1 Corinthians 11:1 NIV
Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.
Matthew 1:20 NIV
Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
1. How can I be a good friend?
2. How can I choose friends wisely?