God is My Friend

God is my friend
When life seems to go from bad to worse

God is my friend
When my friends walk away

God is my friend
When I am broke and the bills are piling up

God is my friend
When there are no good solutions

God is my friend
In the midst of trouble

God is my friend
When death is knocking at my door

God is my friend
When I am ready to give up

God is my friend who sticks closer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24b)


What a Friend we have in Jesus

What a Friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and grieves to bear!
What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer!

Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged-Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness-Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Are we weak and heavy laden, Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee? Take it to the Lord in prayer;
In His arms He'll take and shield thee-Thou wilt find a solace there.
-Joseph Scriven (1855)

 
John 15:15-17

“15 I no longer call you servants, because servants do not know their master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose: me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. 17 This is my command: Love each other.”