Never once....

Never once....

The song by Matt Redman, "Never Once", brings tears  to my eyes , as do a lot of other songs...friendship and faithfulness of God....

It is  also a good reminder of earthly friends that God has blessed us with...those who standby in the good times and the hard times...those who hold our hands at weddings, birthings, funerals, hospitals, or just shopping ....they are there to hold us up .....as we should be to them...not letting each walk this earthly path alone....

There are those, to whom we may not speak for years, but, the conversation is open ended, to be continued as needed; others, to whom we may speak everyday  and yet others occasionally speaking, sharing, but at the drop of a hat, we know each are available ...shoulders ready to cry on or share a story, a prayer or just be there...

Thank YOU for your friendship...the friends You have place in my life...valued beyond a price...


Exodus 33:11a The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend.....

Job 6:14 “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the almighty...

Proverbs 12:26a The righteous choose their friends carefully,.....

Proverbs 17:17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.

Proverbs 18:24b......but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

 John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
John 15:14 You are my friends if you do what I command.
John 15:15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my father I have made known to you.

2 Corinthians 12:19 Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? We have been speaking in the sight of God as those in Christ; and everything we do, dear friends, is for your strengthening.

2 Peter 3:1 [ The Day of the Lord ] Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.

1 John 4:7 [ God’s Love and Ours ] Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

1 John 4:11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

3 John 1:2 Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.

Jude 1:19-21New International Version (NIV)
19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=722zPX1npcA

MATT REDMAN – NEVER ONCE LYRICS

Verse 1

Standing on this mountaintop
Looking just how far we've come
Knowing that for every step
You were with us

Verse 2
Kneeling on this battle ground
Seeing just how much You've done
Knowing every victory
Is Your power in us

Pre-Chorus
Scars and struggles on the way
But with joy our hearts can say
Yes, our hearts can say

Chorus 1
Never once did we ever walk alone
Never once did You leave us on our own
You are faithful, God, You are faithful

Repeat Verse 2
Repeat Pre-Chorus

Chorus 2
Never once did we ever walk alone
Never once did You leave us on our own
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
You are faithful, God, You are faithful

Bridge
Scars and struggles on the way
But with joy our hearts can say
Never once did we ever walk alone
Carried by Your constant grace
Held within Your perfect peace
Never once, no, we never walk alone

Ending Chorus
Never once did we ever walk alone
Never once did You leave us on our own
You are faithful, God, You are faithful

Every step we are breathing in Your grace
Evermore we'll be breathing out Your praise
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
You are faithful, God, You are faithful