WHO CAN YOU TRUST?

Most friendships will be temporary or seasonal. Only in rare instances will friendships last a life time. The friendships that matter the most are the deepest ones, whether they are lifelong or somehow curtailed by life circumstances. A trustworthy friend will walk the rugged road of life with you, with all its ups and downs.

You can trust a true friend with your deepest secrets. A true friend, genuine in his or her own right, accepts you as you are, without trying to modify you.

A trustworthy friend is both uncritical and unafraid to intervene when needed, even if it means confronting you with your inconsistencies.

A friend who is trustworthy and true will remain available to you at anytime or in any place. A choice friend is worth going to war for. You can not find another one easily.

For many people, their very best friend is their spouse. Being married to your best friend is wonderful when you are trying to stand against the powers of darkness.

A husband and wife who are not only united in their commitment to marriage and to the Lord, but who are the closest of friends, can make the devil's job very difficult indeed. Being united in marriage and in trust means you are double troubled to the enemy.

In fact, I would go so far as to say that genuine Christian family is the single most powerful institution on the face of earth for opposing the kingdom of darkness. Getting married is an act of spiritual warfare. Getting married declares war on sexual sin and the temptations of lust.

Marriage is much more than a marriage license on a piece of paper. It is a spiritual union. Two are much more powerful than one. Two plus God is the strongest of all.

“Though one may be over powered by another two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken” Eccles. 4:12.

Naturally, the devil attacks close friendships and marriages with vehemence. He hates them. He introduces unfaithfulness, betrayal, disagreement, violence and more. He also inspires lawmakers to pass laws that allow watered down and sinful unions and ungodly behaviours.

These devilish strategies cause havoc but they do not bring down the kingdom of God. God's love is stronger still and he equips the saints with alliances that the enemy can not replicate. In the words of Martin Luther:

Though this world, with devilish filled

Should threaten to undo us
We will not fear, for God hath willed

His truth to triumph through us

Surrounded by friends who are trustworthy and true, you can fight to the finish with passion.

This is the counseling from God as I continue to pray and meditate upon the word of life in this intensive prayer section prior to the occasion reserved for the observation of crucifixion, burial and resurrection of our lord Jesus Christ, EASTER.

SHALOM SHABATH, SHABBATH SHALOM, Stephen A.Quaye,[JP].

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