Psychologists say that a person needs 3-5 close friends to have fulfillment in life. Loneliness and isolation can have the health effect of smoking 15 cigarettes a day and lead to an increased risk of stroke and heart disease. The friendships that you have will affect your marriage. In fact, having people in your close circle of friends who are casual about talking bad about their spouse, or the institution of marriage, increases your chances of divorce by as much as 75%. In this lesson, pastor Philip Jackson continues his series on family disciplines with friendship and how having godly friends allows us to deal with trauma and difficulty as a couple.

Scriptures Cited: John 15:12-17; 1 John 4:17-21; Ecclesiastes 4:7-12; Hebrews 10:19-25

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