September 29, 2023 • 18 mins
The friendships you surround yourself with can determine your destination in life because people truly matter. In this episode, Sena reflects on the profound impact of friendships on destiny. She shares personal experiences, underlining the significance of intentionality, patience, and self-sacrifice in nurturing lasting connections. Listeners will gain insights into assessing the value each friend brings, and how genuine bonds are forged through selflessness. This episode serves as a powerful reminder that thriving in life also hinges on thriving in friendships.
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(00:01):
If you were to meet any of myfriends today, I strongly
believe that one of the thingsthat would tell you about me is
the fact that I treasure myfriendships a lot.
And this is because I'm one ofthose people who absolutely
believes that.
Your friendships can affect yourdestiny.
Your friendship can actuallydetermine just like marriage,
(00:23):
whether or not you fulfillpurpose.
And here's why.
(01:09):
Hey friends.
Welcome back to another episodewhile I'm on a roll here.
I've really been the feelinglike picking up the microphone
to record since my last episode,which by the way, Thanks for all
the love on that.
Many of you have listened to itand.
I've sometimes I feel like weare all living the same lives,
(01:29):
you know, but we found good forGreg That he continues to help
us day in and day out.
To do this journey called life.
And so we look forward to thethings to come.
And while we're doing that, weare leaning into the strength of
consistency.
And so here I am a recording ona Friday morning.
(01:50):
I'm sort of switching up myupload schedule a bit.
I think one update I need togive you as that we are likely
going to be starting off seasontwo.
Before we actually had into nextyear.
while I did start out theseasonal journey to make it like
(02:11):
season one will be a year longthing.
Season two, you know, you getthe drift.
I think really this.
This this morning, actually,I've just been really pondering
over this.
Like, do I jump into season two?
Starting what the Lord has beenspeaking to me about?
Or do I kind of start it andseason one And the holy spirit
just said to me, The seasons arenot to track what happens
(02:35):
necessarily year up.
Two year.
But it is to truck.
The different seasons of lifethat I'm taking you through.
And so if it happens that I gothrough three different seasons
in the year, then that's whatthe podcast is going to reflect.
Right.
And so I'm just really trying tolearn, not to.
Put God in a box and suggestgive him the free rein to do as
(02:58):
he will with this platform.
And so, yeah, I'm more on that.
So calm.
I definitely would do like aclosing episode.
To announce all that before weget into season two, you know,
give you guys a bit off.
Uh, timeline as to when thingsare going to shape up.
But.
But that being said, Let's getinto the meat of today's
(03:21):
episode.
I want this episode to be very,very sure.
I know.
I see that all the time, but wealways end up talking a lot and
I like talking.
Okay.
That, that is one thing that Ido.
And I do very well.
Oh, at least I like to think so.
But friendships, friendships,friendships.
Most of my current friends arepeople that.
(03:43):
I have known.
For at least 10 years of mylife.
Most of these Ryan's naturallycame from school.
Neighborhood a few familyfriends here and there.
But I've truly bonded withpeople that I've spent a couple
of years in a setting confinedspace with them.
(04:05):
Be it.
School.
Be it church or evening.
Living situations, And it justso happens that most of my
friends are actually not in thesame geographical location as
me.
Lately though by God's specialgrace.
Most of my friends, some of myfriends, we are trusting God for
(04:26):
moves, but.
As of now, most of my friendshave left Ghana.
APIs Ewing school or workoutside of Ghana and to somebody
in Canada, somebody.
In the us are mine.
cut it all over arrow and.
At least that that sense ofproximity makes me feel happy,
(04:48):
you know?
Cause I know I can just get up,get a TK, uh, go visit them and
I don't necessarily need tobreak the bank compared to if I
had to go all the way to Ghanato see them.
the last time I saw most of myfriends was last year.
About nine months ago now.
And prior to that, I hadn't seensome of those friends for about
(05:08):
10, 12 years.
Most of them, I hadn't seen themin six to seven years.
And you would be wondering howwe've been able to maintain
those friendships.
All this well.
And also you, one thing, itcomes with intentionality.
But it also comes with havingthe understanding that God put
(05:29):
these people in your life.
Wheezing.
You truly cannot do life alone.
I don't care who you are.
I don't care.
What you have?
I don't care.
Listen, you cannot do lifealone.
And that is just the end of theMata.
for me, I put my all into myfriendships, my friends.
Uh, everything to me, my friendsmean the world to me, obviously
(05:52):
not every friend that I have ison the scene.
Level right.
That that yesterday I have mymost closest friends.
and then I have so people whoare kind of hanging between the
close friend list, but then notreally close.
Bye.
When we get together, like theconnection is there, the vibe is
there, the energy is there andwe get each other.
(06:15):
And then there are also peoplewho are sort of on the outer
tier of that.
But there are people that I cango to once in a while.
They can come to me once in awhile and we can really just
pour into each other.
And so that different levelstoo.
The friends that I have, but allin all the preservational dues,
friendships have come.
(06:35):
Do you too.
The intentionality of bothparties to keep that friendship
alive and also by the grace ofGod, because the, the
friendships have not beenwithout their struggles.
You know, there've been timeswhen we've argued seasonings,
where we've gone with alltalking to each other and, you
know, by thumb.
Good for growth.
That's all I have to say on themotto.
(06:56):
for growth.
So I wanted to do this episode.
Because this week, I sent a postto some of my closest friends on
Instagram.
And it was a post that GBOMBSmade.
She is.
Someone that I really love.
I like hair.
she's one of these long distancementors.
(07:18):
Um, people in the body of Christthat I look up to who women who
are thriving that really justencourage and empower me.
To do better.
So I actually encountered herthrough to.
The solutions.
She does those YouTube videowith her, where they spoke about
navigating female friendships.
And as I was watching thatvideo, I was just like, oh my
(07:38):
God, this woman is speaking mylanguage because this is just
how I see friendships.
They are super important to me.
I don't just bring anyone intomy little circle because like,
um, We are breaking cyclestogether.
We are doing things together.
I need to know that you canstunt.
On your own.
When the time comes and I wasn'tneed to know that I can stand
(08:01):
for you.
You can stand for me andtogether we will.
You know, do what the Lord hassent us to you.
unfortunately GBOMBS lost herspiritual father.
And then have brought that andthen her biological father in
the span of three weeks.
Imagine losing three importantpeople.
And three weeks, I still kind ofwrapped my head around the
(08:23):
entire situation because shemust be hurting so bad.
But it was through this loss,that one of the things that I've
always known got confirmed.
And that is the fact that peoplemutter.
The people that you choose tosurround yourself with Marta.
And why am I seeing this?
(08:44):
So during this grieving periodfor G bums and all that.
Her friends really sure that,and they really showed out for
her.
She had one of her best friendsflying all the way from Nigeria
to Canada, leaving her children,leaving her life, literally
putting those things on pausejust to come and be there for
her sister.
(09:05):
And the sisterhood really shownfor me that every time I go back
to watch that video, I literallycry.
I just don't know what it iscome from, But I really feel the
sacrifice that she made for herfriend.
And they really moves me to thecore.
One of the things I tell most ofmy friends is that.
I cannot be everything to you.
(09:26):
As you cannot be everything tome.
You need people.
You need friends.
You don't need just one goodfriend.
You don't need just two goodfriends.
You don't need just three goodfriends.
One thing opposite.
Someone always says in most ofhis messages, is that.
In this world.
Those who hate you do notmatter.
(09:48):
Like they are like by keys, likewho really cares?
I don't care if you don't likeme.
But it is the people who likeyou that matter because it is
those people who would determinewhether or not the season you
are in continues to be where youremain or that you progress in
life.
Because sometimes those peoplehave what it takes to move you
up.
(10:09):
So I want us to do this episodeto encourage us to really begin
to look into ourselves andreflect.
And.
Ask ourselves for every friend.
In our lives.
What value do I give thispressing?
What value does this person giveme?
To get that.
What do we, what do we formtogether?
You know, it's like marriage,when.
When two people come together,the Bible says that the L one.
(10:32):
Now.
Right.
And, and to get out these twopeople can do so much.
Bible says that when two peopleagree, they can't do anything.
You know, and so this friendthat I have.
together?
What do we stand for in theKindle?
When both of us stand on, wewho'd has, does hell break
loose.
Do we shake the core of hell?
(10:53):
Do we change things in thespirit?
And of course.
All our friends are not peoplethat's.
We.
Pre you were there every day andyou know, all that's right.
Not all my friends are likethat.
I'm trusting God and stillpraying every day into seeding
for them that they will come tosee the light.
But for now.
(11:13):
There are sort of those peoplethat you've known for so long
They, you know, there is areason why God put them in your
life.
And so you are just trying tostay the course and really
trusting, go to reveal thatpeppers.
I see those more.
So for us to begin to askourselves, like who surrounds
you, who.
Who do you call your friends?
(11:35):
In your time of need.
Can you trust these people toshow up?
Can you trust them to comethrough for you?
Do you have any friends that youcan trust that you know what?
Even if I can pray for my soultoday, I know that this friend
is saying a word of prayer forme.
Even if I can feed my soultoday, I know that this friend.
Has the ability to provide forme in my time of need.
(11:57):
When I'm hurting.
I know there's this friend I canlean on.
When I need to vent, I need torun.
I know there's this pressing whowould give me that listening ear
and encourage me.
I, you surrounded by people likethat.
And I tell you, if you arenodes, then.
You really need to begin to beintentional.
First of all, the people theyare letting into your life.
(12:20):
And the number two.
The daily workings.
Putting in to ensure that theyremain in your life.
'cause some friendships arepriceless.
You cannot do this life alone.
I don't care what principles youare armed with.
See, you can watch All thenuggets.
You can read all the books, howto do life, how to win in life,
(12:41):
but relationships are important.
And if you don't have them, youwill get to a point where you
realize that.
I've made an arrow.
I need someone to hold my handas I go up the stairs.
I need someone to keep my handup, like Moses.
So that we can keep winning thebattle.
I need someone.
(13:01):
To just be there for me in thebackground, cheering me on.
But I also need people that Itoo can pull into because there
is no sense in life.
If I just come and I'm on thereceiving end of things, what am
I doing to pour into thefriendships that I have?
What am I doing to ensure thatpeople are becoming.
Everything that God has calledthem to be.
(13:23):
By my presence in Delise.
What role am I playing inpeople's lives.
And if you're looking within andyou've identified people that
you have that much, some ofthese descriptions that I'm
stating.
Then you're on the right track.
And I just want is to really getto the point where every day.
(13:44):
We give us souls the chance tobe more intentional about our
friendships to be moreintentional.
About the way we are saved,guarding the relationships that
we have with people.
Because at the end of the day,You can do everything for
yourself.
And that is truly the point ofthis podcast.
Bible says that.
(14:06):
and don't quote me on this.
I'm just powerful.
You're saying, you know, fromhow it speaks to me, but the
word says that.
True love.
Is when you can lead down yourlife for a friend.
Did not see when you can laydown your life for your mother.
Or your father or your brotheror your sister?
Or your husband or your childrenbefore a friend, because before
(14:29):
everything else, before everyother relationship friendship
comes, first friendship is whatforms the basis of every
relationship.
Every good relationship hasfriendship.
As the bees, right.
And so if you cannot lay downyour life for your friend, then.
And see I'm in this with you,because this is a question that.
(14:50):
Holy spirit asked me this weekas I was just meditating on this
entire thing of sister who'd offriendship.
And I came on because of thisscripture.
And I really challenged myselfand I was like, okay.
I mean, I love my friends, butthen the holy spirit was like,
But can you die for this person?
And I thought about it and I waslike, oh, I mean, I can give
(15:12):
everything I have.
So that per I saying, I can, youknow, I can do.
All these other stuff.
And he kept pushing.
He's like, but can you die forthis person?
And I realized that I could notanswer because at the end of the
day, I am still putting myselfabove people.
Even though I'm being veryintentional.
(15:33):
You know about.
My preserving the friendshipsthat I have and just showing up
for my friends when they needit.
And really just given them mysupport in everything I realize
I was lacking the part.
About truly.
Going full on sacrificial mode.
When it comes to the points ofdeath.
(15:54):
Can you let go of something?
Just so that your friend can bewell off.
Can you literally pull your soulto that?
Would you look that in the faceand see that?
Because I love this passingbecause this passing means the
world to me.
I am going to lay down my lifefor that person.
(16:15):
And find if you cannot do that,then.
I think that's we still have along way to grow.
First of all, in Christ.
Because it is only when we cometo know God in a setting way and
understand the dimension of himthat died for us on Calvary.
We will not know.
How to love our neighbor.
(16:36):
And at the end of the day, ittakes understanding.
It takes patience.
It takes a lot of things tonurture a friendship.
To the point where you canboldly see without hesitating
that yes, I can lead all my lifewith this person because they
are my friend.
I can lead on my life for thatperson.
(16:57):
Because I know that in thelaying down of my life for that
person, I allowed them to becomeall that God has called them to
be just like Heise laid down hislife for me.
So that I could truly completelyand fully.
Lived the life.
That he planned for me.
And so friends, I leave you withthis today.
(17:19):
I don't know where you may havepicked from this, but I, I, I
truly hope that you picksomething in there for nothing
at all.
Pick it, the fact that'sfriendship equals
intentionality.
Friendship equals patience.
Friendship equals sacrifice.
But altogether.
Friendship equals death to self.
(17:42):
And until next time.
Keep thriving.
If you were to meet any of myfriends today, I strongly
believe that one of the thingsthat would tell you about me is
the fact that I treasure myfriendships a lot.
And this is because I'm one ofthose people who absolutely
believes that.
Your friendships can affect yourdestiny.
Your friendship can actuallydetermine just like marriage,
(00:23):
whether or not you fulfillpurpose.
And here's why.
(01:09):
Hey friends.
Welcome back to another episodewhile I'm on a roll here.
I've really been the feelinglike picking up the microphone
to record since my last episode,which by the way, Thanks for all
the love on that.
Many of you have listened to itand.
I've sometimes I feel like weare all living the same lives,
(01:29):
you know, but we found good forGreg That he continues to help
us day in and day out.
To do this journey called life.
And so we look forward to thethings to come.
And while we're doing that, weare leaning into the strength of
consistency.
And so here I am a recording ona Friday morning.
(01:50):
I'm sort of switching up myupload schedule a bit.
I think one update I need togive you as that we are likely
going to be starting off seasontwo.
Before we actually had into nextyear.
while I did start out theseasonal journey to make it like
(02:11):
season one will be a year longthing.
Season two, you know, you getthe drift.
I think really this.
This this morning, actually,I've just been really pondering
over this.
Like, do I jump into season two?
Starting what the Lord has beenspeaking to me about?
Or do I kind of start it andseason one And the holy spirit
just said to me, The seasons arenot to track what happens
(02:35):
necessarily year up.
Two year.
But it is to truck.
The different seasons of lifethat I'm taking you through.
And so if it happens that I gothrough three different seasons
in the year, then that's whatthe podcast is going to reflect.
Right.
And so I'm just really trying tolearn, not to.
Put God in a box and suggestgive him the free rein to do as
(02:58):
he will with this platform.
And so, yeah, I'm more on that.
So calm.
I definitely would do like aclosing episode.
To announce all that before weget into season two, you know,
give you guys a bit off.
Uh, timeline as to when thingsare going to shape up.
But.
But that being said, Let's getinto the meat of today's
(03:21):
episode.
I want this episode to be very,very sure.
I know.
I see that all the time, but wealways end up talking a lot and
I like talking.
Okay.
That, that is one thing that Ido.
And I do very well.
Oh, at least I like to think so.
But friendships, friendships,friendships.
Most of my current friends arepeople that.
(03:43):
I have known.
For at least 10 years of mylife.
Most of these Ryan's naturallycame from school.
Neighborhood a few familyfriends here and there.
But I've truly bonded withpeople that I've spent a couple
of years in a setting confinedspace with them.
(04:05):
Be it.
School.
Be it church or evening.
Living situations, And it justso happens that most of my
friends are actually not in thesame geographical location as
me.
Lately though by God's specialgrace.
Most of my friends, some of myfriends, we are trusting God for
(04:26):
moves, but.
As of now, most of my friendshave left Ghana.
APIs Ewing school or workoutside of Ghana and to somebody
in Canada, somebody.
In the us are mine.
cut it all over arrow and.
At least that that sense ofproximity makes me feel happy,
(04:48):
you know?
Cause I know I can just get up,get a TK, uh, go visit them and
I don't necessarily need tobreak the bank compared to if I
had to go all the way to Ghanato see them.
the last time I saw most of myfriends was last year.
About nine months ago now.
And prior to that, I hadn't seensome of those friends for about
(05:08):
10, 12 years.
Most of them, I hadn't seen themin six to seven years.
And you would be wondering howwe've been able to maintain
those friendships.
All this well.
And also you, one thing, itcomes with intentionality.
But it also comes with havingthe understanding that God put
(05:29):
these people in your life.
Wheezing.
You truly cannot do life alone.
I don't care who you are.
I don't care.
What you have?
I don't care.
Listen, you cannot do lifealone.
And that is just the end of theMata.
for me, I put my all into myfriendships, my friends.
Uh, everything to me, my friendsmean the world to me, obviously
(05:52):
not every friend that I have ison the scene.
Level right.
That that yesterday I have mymost closest friends.
and then I have so people whoare kind of hanging between the
close friend list, but then notreally close.
Bye.
When we get together, like theconnection is there, the vibe is
there, the energy is there andwe get each other.
(06:15):
And then there are also peoplewho are sort of on the outer
tier of that.
But there are people that I cango to once in a while.
They can come to me once in awhile and we can really just
pour into each other.
And so that different levelstoo.
The friends that I have, but allin all the preservational dues,
friendships have come.
(06:35):
Do you too.
The intentionality of bothparties to keep that friendship
alive and also by the grace ofGod, because the, the
friendships have not beenwithout their struggles.
You know, there've been timeswhen we've argued seasonings,
where we've gone with alltalking to each other and, you
know, by thumb.
Good for growth.
That's all I have to say on themotto.
(06:56):
for growth.
So I wanted to do this episode.
Because this week, I sent a postto some of my closest friends on
Instagram.
And it was a post that GBOMBSmade.
She is.
Someone that I really love.
I like hair.
she's one of these long distancementors.
(07:18):
Um, people in the body of Christthat I look up to who women who
are thriving that really justencourage and empower me.
To do better.
So I actually encountered herthrough to.
The solutions.
She does those YouTube videowith her, where they spoke about
navigating female friendships.
And as I was watching thatvideo, I was just like, oh my
(07:38):
God, this woman is speaking mylanguage because this is just
how I see friendships.
They are super important to me.
I don't just bring anyone intomy little circle because like,
um, We are breaking cyclestogether.
We are doing things together.
I need to know that you canstunt.
On your own.
When the time comes and I wasn'tneed to know that I can stand
(08:01):
for you.
You can stand for me andtogether we will.
You know, do what the Lord hassent us to you.
unfortunately GBOMBS lost herspiritual father.
And then have brought that andthen her biological father in
the span of three weeks.
Imagine losing three importantpeople.
And three weeks, I still kind ofwrapped my head around the
(08:23):
entire situation because shemust be hurting so bad.
But it was through this loss,that one of the things that I've
always known got confirmed.
And that is the fact that peoplemutter.
The people that you choose tosurround yourself with Marta.
And why am I seeing this?
(08:44):
So during this grieving periodfor G bums and all that.
Her friends really sure that,and they really showed out for
her.
She had one of her best friendsflying all the way from Nigeria
to Canada, leaving her children,leaving her life, literally
putting those things on pausejust to come and be there for
her sister.
(09:05):
And the sisterhood really shownfor me that every time I go back
to watch that video, I literallycry.
I just don't know what it iscome from, But I really feel the
sacrifice that she made for herfriend.
And they really moves me to thecore.
One of the things I tell most ofmy friends is that.
I cannot be everything to you.
(09:26):
As you cannot be everything tome.
You need people.
You need friends.
You don't need just one goodfriend.
You don't need just two goodfriends.
You don't need just three goodfriends.
One thing opposite.
Someone always says in most ofhis messages, is that.
In this world.
Those who hate you do notmatter.
(09:48):
Like they are like by keys, likewho really cares?
I don't care if you don't likeme.
But it is the people who likeyou that matter because it is
those people who would determinewhether or not the season you
are in continues to be where youremain or that you progress in
life.
Because sometimes those peoplehave what it takes to move you
up.
(10:09):
So I want us to do this episodeto encourage us to really begin
to look into ourselves andreflect.
And.
Ask ourselves for every friend.
In our lives.
What value do I give thispressing?
What value does this person giveme?
To get that.
What do we, what do we formtogether?
You know, it's like marriage,when.
When two people come together,the Bible says that the L one.
(10:32):
Now.
Right.
And, and to get out these twopeople can do so much.
Bible says that when two peopleagree, they can't do anything.
You know, and so this friendthat I have.
together?
What do we stand for in theKindle?
When both of us stand on, wewho'd has, does hell break
loose.
Do we shake the core of hell?
(10:53):
Do we change things in thespirit?
And of course.
All our friends are not peoplethat's.
We.
Pre you were there every day andyou know, all that's right.
Not all my friends are likethat.
I'm trusting God and stillpraying every day into seeding
for them that they will come tosee the light.
But for now.
(11:13):
There are sort of those peoplethat you've known for so long
They, you know, there is areason why God put them in your
life.
And so you are just trying tostay the course and really
trusting, go to reveal thatpeppers.
I see those more.
So for us to begin to askourselves, like who surrounds
you, who.
Who do you call your friends?
(11:35):
In your time of need.
Can you trust these people toshow up?
Can you trust them to comethrough for you?
Do you have any friends that youcan trust that you know what?
Even if I can pray for my soultoday, I know that this friend
is saying a word of prayer forme.
Even if I can feed my soultoday, I know that this friend.
Has the ability to provide forme in my time of need.
(11:57):
When I'm hurting.
I know there's this friend I canlean on.
When I need to vent, I need torun.
I know there's this pressing whowould give me that listening ear
and encourage me.
I, you surrounded by people likethat.
And I tell you, if you arenodes, then.
You really need to begin to beintentional.
First of all, the people theyare letting into your life.
(12:20):
And the number two.
The daily workings.
Putting in to ensure that theyremain in your life.
'cause some friendships arepriceless.
You cannot do this life alone.
I don't care what principles youare armed with.
See, you can watch All thenuggets.
You can read all the books, howto do life, how to win in life,
(12:41):
but relationships are important.
And if you don't have them, youwill get to a point where you
realize that.
I've made an arrow.
I need someone to hold my handas I go up the stairs.
I need someone to keep my handup, like Moses.
So that we can keep winning thebattle.
I need someone.
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To just be there for me in thebackground, cheering me on.
But I also need people that Itoo can pull into because there
is no sense in life.
If I just come and I'm on thereceiving end of things, what am
I doing to pour into thefriendships that I have?
What am I doing to ensure thatpeople are becoming.
Everything that God has calledthem to be.
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By my presence in Delise.
What role am I playing inpeople's lives.
And if you're looking within andyou've identified people that
you have that much, some ofthese descriptions that I'm
stating.
Then you're on the right track.
And I just want is to really getto the point where every day.
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We give us souls the chance tobe more intentional about our
friendships to be moreintentional.
About the way we are saved,guarding the relationships that
we have with people.
Because at the end of the day,You can do everything for
yourself.
And that is truly the point ofthis podcast.
Bible says that.
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and don't quote me on this.
I'm just powerful.
You're saying, you know, fromhow it speaks to me, but the
word says that.
True love.
Is when you can lead down yourlife for a friend.
Did not see when you can laydown your life for your mother.
Or your father or your brotheror your sister?
Or your husband or your childrenbefore a friend, because before
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everything else, before everyother relationship friendship
comes, first friendship is whatforms the basis of every
relationship.
Every good relationship hasfriendship.
As the bees, right.
And so if you cannot lay downyour life for your friend, then.
And see I'm in this with you,because this is a question that.
(14:50):
Holy spirit asked me this weekas I was just meditating on this
entire thing of sister who'd offriendship.
And I came on because of thisscripture.
And I really challenged myselfand I was like, okay.
I mean, I love my friends, butthen the holy spirit was like,
But can you die for this person?
And I thought about it and I waslike, oh, I mean, I can give
(15:12):
everything I have.
So that per I saying, I can, youknow, I can do.
All these other stuff.
And he kept pushing.
He's like, but can you die forthis person?
And I realized that I could notanswer because at the end of the
day, I am still putting myselfabove people.
Even though I'm being veryintentional.
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You know about.
My preserving the friendshipsthat I have and just showing up
for my friends when they needit.
And really just given them mysupport in everything I realize
I was lacking the part.
About truly.
Going full on sacrificial mode.
When it comes to the points ofdeath.
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Can you let go of something?
Just so that your friend can bewell off.
Can you literally pull your soulto that?
Would you look that in the faceand see that?
Because I love this passingbecause this passing means the
world to me.
I am going to lay down my lifefor that person.
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And find if you cannot do that,then.
I think that's we still have along way to grow.
First of all, in Christ.
Because it is only when we cometo know God in a setting way and
understand the dimension of himthat died for us on Calvary.
We will not know.
How to love our neighbor.
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And at the end of the day, ittakes understanding.
It takes patience.
It takes a lot of things tonurture a friendship.
To the point where you canboldly see without hesitating
that yes, I can lead all my lifewith this person because they
are my friend.
I can lead on my life for thatperson.
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Because I know that in thelaying down of my life for that
person, I allowed them to becomeall that God has called them to
be just like Heise laid down hislife for me.
So that I could truly completelyand fully.
Lived the life.
That he planned for me.
And so friends, I leave you withthis today.
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I don't know where you may havepicked from this, but I, I, I
truly hope that you picksomething in there for nothing
at all.
Pick it, the fact that'sfriendship equals
intentionality.
Friendship equals patience.
Friendship equals sacrifice.
But altogether.
Friendship equals death to self.
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And until next time.
Keep thriving.
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