Iron Sharpens Iron
Do you have friends who sharpen you? Proverbs 27 says a lot about friendship and the kinds of people we surround ourselves with.

Do you have friends who sharpen you? Proverbs 27 says a lot about friendship and the kinds of people we surround ourselves with.
Jesus did not sit around and wait for disciples to come to him. He went to where they were, offered them an invitation to follow him, evaluated their progress, and then selected them to be his twelve apostles.
Real discipleship isn’t always about getting together with a group of men on Friday morning for breakfast (although it certainly can be). Real discipleship takes place in the micro-decisions of life. It’s a well-timed text, encouraging phone call, and random outing together on the lake.
Four qualities of close friends.
Being like Jesus and casting to disciples is where our Christian faith starts to come alive.