God made relationships to be built on trust. Whenever possible we should also seek reconciliation, but it’s not always possible to reconcile and God does not command us to always reconcile like he commands us to always forgive. Forgiveness is a commandment all Christians must follow, for as Jesus said in Matthew 6:14-15, “For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Reconciliation is when the relationship is restored to what it was before the offense took place. Forgiveness is when you allow Christ to pay the spiritual debt of the wrongs against you. If This Person Has Wronged You in a Way that Has Completely Broken Your Trust or Has Shown a Pattern of Lying to You, This Is Often a Sign God Wants You to End This FriendshipĪs I’ve talked about before, there is a big difference between forgiveness and reconciliation.
You need to flee those friendships that are preventing growth and pursue those friendships that help you seek the Lord with a pure heart.Ģ. Therefore we must obey what 2 Timothy 2:22 commands, “So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.” Notice we are called to two actions, fleeing and pursuing. Sin will either take hold and produce more sin or we will follow Christ which will lead to more holiness. Notice the principle of progressiveness that is found in Romans 6:19, “For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.” One way or the other we are always moving and never standing still. But if you keep hanging out with friends that are preventing forward movement, you will wake up one day and be shocked at how far back you have rolled without even knowing it. The really dangerous thing about this is that we move backwards so slowly it can be hard to notice. Whenever we are not moving forward with the Lord, we are not just standing still. This is why in Proverbs 13:20 it states, “Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.” Notice how this verse looks forward to the future affect your friends have on you (“become wise” and “will suffer”). If This Friendship Is Preventing You from Moving Forward in Life, This Often Means God Wants You to End This FriendshipĪs the common saying goes, “Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future.” It’s really true. With that said, here are 4 common signs God will give you when he wants you to end a friendship.ġ.
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Pray for wisdom on how to lovingly end a friendship while also protecting your own heart as Proverbs 4:23 commands. Each type of friendship is different some are serious because you’ve known someone a longtime and some are not because you just started hanging out. I say all that because in this article I’m not going to be covering how you should end a friendship. At other times God will tell you to abruptly cut this person out of your life because you’ve already tried to talk about the issues in the friendship but this person is not listening and is toxic to be around. Sometimes a friendship needs to end gradually by simply hanging out with this person less because God wants you to put your energy somewhere else. If God does lead you to end a friendship, this does not mean you now need to be enemies with this person.
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