Isaiah‬ ‭41:8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ says:

““But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend.”

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What exactly did Abraham do that made God see him as His friend?

The greatest friendship ever, is friendship with God. In Matthew‬ ‭7:21‬ ‭CEV‬‬, Jesus said “Not everyone who calls me their Lord will get into the kingdom of heaven...”

So ask yourself ‘are you really God’s friend or you’re just calling Him Lord and assuming that you are when you’re really not. It is only those that God identifies as His friends that will enter His kingdom in heaven so don’t assume, know and upgrade your friendship status!

Jesus shows us how very important friendship is because of the enormous sacrifice that he made for us his friends. John‬ ‭15:13 NKJV‬‬ says

“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends…”

2 Corinthians‬ ‭9:8‬ ‭GNT‬‬

“God is able to give you more than you need, so that you will always have all you need for yourselves and more than enough for every good cause.”

Joshua‬ ‭1:5‬ ‭GNT‬‬

“..no one will be able to defeat you as long as you live. I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will always be with you; I will never abandon you.”

1 Kings‬ ‭3:9‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?””

But is godly ambition alone enough for us to succeed?

Joshua‬ ‭24:15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve…

But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.””

David’s ambition can be seen In

Psalms‬ ‭27:4‬ ‭NLT‬‬ where he said:

“The one thing I ask of the Lord— the thing I seek most— is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord’s perfections and meditating in his Temple.”

“My ambition has always been to preach the Good News where the name of Christ has never been heard, rather than where a church has already been started by someone else.” Romans‬ ‭15:20‬ ‭NLT‬‬

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Titus‬ ‭3:14‬ ‭ICB‬‬

“Our people must learn to use their lives for doing good deeds. They should do good to those in need. Then our people will not have useless lives.”