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March 6, 2025 45 mins

Does loneliness have a grip on you? Do you just have social media friends or do you have genuine friendships in your life? Let’s discuss how to intentionally develop authentic friendships. 


Verses of the Week:

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 

Galatians 6:1-6

Proverbs 18:24 

1 Samuel 18:1-4



How to live it out:

⁃    Be the person you want to befriend 

⁃    Look at the direction of your life, become friends with people that are going the direction you want to go

⁃    Make the effort to go first 



Credits:

What does friendship look like in America

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/12/what-does-friendship-look-like-in-america/#:~:text=A%20narrow%20majority%20of%20adults,they%20have%20no%20close%20friends.


New APA poll: One in Three Americans Feel Lonely Every week

https://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/news-releases/new-apa-poll-one-in-three-americans-feels-lonely-e


49 Loneliness Statistics: How Many People Are Lonely

https://www.discoveryaba.com/statistics/loneliness#:~:text=Over%2060%25%20of%20adults%20in,are%20the%20loneliest%20age%20group


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