Introduction

 In this week’s Marriage Matters, Andy B and Jo talk about friends, whether they are friends of the wife, friends of the husband or both or whether they are friendships formed before or after marriage. And Andy and Jo consider how these friendships can affect our marriages for good or bad. Th idea of Friend or Foe comes from wartime and so-called friends could turn out to be enemies of your marriage causing more harm than good, on the other hand a healthy friendship can enhance and strengthen a marriage.

Andy, as usual, makes sense of it all with scripture verses:

• Proverbs 18:24
• 1 Corinthians 15:33
• 1 Corinthians 5:11

Choose your friends wisely!

Tips and Resources

• Pray for your wife or your husband to make the right friends -Read Praying wife/ Prayer Husband by Stormie Omartian
• Read about friendships in the bible – David and Johnathan & Jesus and his Disciples.
• Check out the Skitguys – Tom & Eddy – who have a lifelong friendship and have even written a book about it - https://skitguys.com/

The Take Away

Andy and Jo were surprised by how much is written about friendships in the bible and Jo could see how the bible shows the importance of healthy friendships.

Andy challenges us to consider our friendships in the light of scripture and to think about whether we have friendships that are detrimental to our marriage.

Andy and Jo

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