"i have called you my friends"

John 15:12-17 (NIV)John 15:12-17 (NIV)

 9"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. 11I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

John 15:12-17 (NIV)John 15:12-17 (NIV) 12My command is this: Love each other

as I have loved you. 13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. 14You are my friends if you do what I command. 15I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 17This is my command: Love each other.

Quotes on Friendship

Even though we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the tears fall or the smile spreads across our face, we'll come to each other because no matter where this crazy world takes us, nothing will ever change so much to the point where we're not all still friends

loyaltyloyalty

Even though we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the tears fall or the smile spreads across our face, we'll come to each other because no matter where this crazy world takes us, nothing will ever change so much to the point where we're not all still friends

“True friends stab you in the front.”

- Oscar Wilde (Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and

Critic, 1854-1900)

honestyhonesty

“True friends stab you in the front.”

- Oscar Wilde (Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and

Critic, 1854-1900)

“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked”  

- Bernard Meltzer

acceptanceacceptance

“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked”  

- Bernard Meltzer

“Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.”

influenceinfluence

“Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.”

“Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families.”

God’s graceGod’s grace

“Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families.”

“Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” - Albert Camus (French Novelist,

Essayist and Playwright, 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1913-

1960)

companionshipcompanionship

“Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” - Albert Camus (French Novelist,

Essayist and Playwright, 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1913-

1960)

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one”  

- C.S. Lewis quotes (British Scholar and Novelist. 1898-

1963)

you are not the only weird you are not the only weird guy/galguy/gal “Friendship is born at that

moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one”  

- C.S. Lewis quotes (British Scholar and Novelist. 1898-

1963)

“One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.”  

- Clifton Fadiman quotes (American radio Host, 1904-1999)

trusttrust

“One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.”  

- Clifton Fadiman quotes (American radio Host, 1904-1999)

“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.”

genuine caringgenuine caring

“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.”

“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.”

- David Tyson Gentry

unconditional acceptanceunconditional acceptance

“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.”

- David Tyson Gentry

“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.”

- Henri Nouwen (Dutch Christian writer 1932 - 1996)

genuine lovegenuine love

“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.”

- Henri Nouwen (Dutch Christian writer 1932 - 1996)

"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may

think aloud."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

a person who does not a person who does not judge usjudge us

"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may

think aloud."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is

to be one."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

friendship is a two-way friendship is a two-way streetstreet"The only reward of virtue is virtue;

the only way to have a friend is to be one."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be

stupid with them."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

acceptance and forgivingacceptance and forgiving

"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be

stupid with them."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and choice."

- Samuel Johnston, - (1709 - 1784) British

lexiographer.

friendship is a choicefriendship is a choice

"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and choice."

- Samuel Johnston, - (1709 - 1784) British

lexiographer.

All in all, friendship All in all, friendship means…means…

John 15:12-17 (NIV)John 15:12-17 (NIV) 12My command is this: Love each other

as I have loved you. 13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. 14You are my friends if you do what I command. 15I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 17This is my command: Love each other.