What a friend we have in Jesus

All our sins and griefs to bear

What a privilege to carry

Everything to God in prayer

Oh, what peace we often forfeit

Oh, what needless pain we bear

All because we do not carry

Everything to God in prayer

Who is your “person”; your close friend you can call on at any time?  The first one you want to share good news with, the one you go to when you’re sad, the one you can just be yourself with?

Jesus wants to have that same relationship with you and me.John 15:15-No longer do I call you servants, but I have called you friends.Jesus is always there for us in good times and in bad.  He always has time for us.

Do you make time for Him?Rev 3:20-Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

While our friends are a source of joy and peace in our lives, Jesus can be that same source if we put Him first in our lives.  He changed the lives of all those he met.  Remember that Jesus changed the lives of 12 men with common jobs into 12 men that changed the world!

Brothers and sisters, we do have a friend in Jesus!  What a reassuring thought.  The same Jesus who calmed the sea, who washed the feet of his friends is the one who came to give us life more abundantly and gave his life as a ransom for our sins.

When choosing your friends there truly is no better friend than Jesus!