Have you ever considered how your friendships can be a witness to the gospel?

“…that they may be completely one, so that the world will know that you sent me…” (John 17:23)

A unified body of Christ is a testimony of the love God has for the world. Jesus’ prayer was for the body of Christ to be a witness of God’s love by our love for one another. 

The way we conduct ourselves in friendship is a significant witness to God’s love. Loving our friends, bearing one another’s burdens, working through conflict, and sharing life together all display God’s love, faithfulness, and loyalty to His people. Our friendships are a witness to the sacrificial love of Christ toward His people. 

In the same way, if our friendships are marked by conflict, dissension, arguments, gossip, and distrust, we are a negative witness for the gospel. When our friendships look like the world’s relationships, we damage our witness for Christ.

Friendship is an in-depth study on what it means to live in biblical friendship. This study will explore our need for community, the great blessing of friendship, how to recognize and avoid toxic friendships, and how our ultimate provision of friendship can be found in the One who laid down His life for His friends.

This is the perfect study to do with your girlfriends! Grab your favorite ladies and join us online for this six-week study or on our Love God Greatly app. You’ll find corresponding Friendship content in both places with our Monday, Wednesday, and Friday blogs, further insights through our daily devotions, and a loving community to cheer for you as you seek to build and protect biblical friendships.

Join us for Friendship, beginning Monday, June 7, 2021!

Friendship is a six-week Bible study on what it means to live out biblical friendship. This Bible study journal includes Scripture passages for daily reading and reflection. These passages explore our need for community and the great blessing of friendship. Perfect for personal or small group study, the Friendship Bible study journal includes daily Scripture passages, SOAP pages, daily devotions, challenges, reflection questions, and encouragement from women around the world. 

Friendship for Kids is a six-week Bible study on the importance of biblical friendship. This study explores our need for friendship and the blessing of friendship we have in the body of Christ. This study is ideal for children between five and eleven years old. Designed as a companion study with Friendship, this Love God Greatly study journal contains a six-week reading plan through selected passages about friendship. Also included are all the daily Scripture readings, pages for reflecting on daily and weekly lessons, and coloring and activity pages. 

You can purchase Friendship and Friendship for Kids study journals here!

Friendship is a Love God Greatly study journal designed to help women grow in their faith. Love God Greatly is a global ministry, providing quality resources to guide women to a greater understanding of God’s Word. Through beautifully designed journals translated into over 30 languages, we help women all over the world to grow in their relationship with God.

Melissa Fuller

Melissa Fuller serves as the Content Director for Love God Greatly, an international women’s ministry aimed at equipping women around the world with Bible study resources. She loves God’s Word and is committed to helping women fall in love with Scripture (and it’s author!). She has a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary and served as the general editor of the NET Love God Greatly Bible and the managing editor of the CSB She Reads Truth Bible and the CSB (in)courage Devotional Bible. She currently resides in Atlanta, GA, loves running and hiking and is currently pursuing her goal of visiting all the National Parks in the US!