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[__ Prayer __] mending a broken friendship

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My best friend and I just had a major falling out, which I will admit was mostly my fault...but blaming people is not the point of this post...My friend and I really need prayers for our friendship to be healed by time and by mutual respect and understanding for one another. Please pray that God will heal us both and heal our friendship as well so one day (hopefully soon, but i'm willing to be patient) we can be on speaking terms again.

Thank you.
 
Friendship is truly a treasure we can take for granted at times. Yet if it is based on mutual respect and love for one another can indeed prove to be a life long relationship. Will be keeping you and your friend in my thoughts and prayers. Hope for nothing but the best for you.

May God Bless You

Danielle
 
my friend and i who had a falling out are meeting together in about half an hour, with a youth minister present, to discuss what's in our hearts. please pray for this conversation to bear fruit and for my friend to see that i am truly committed to change, and that our friendship can still remain intact, at least to the point that we don't not talk to each other at all.
 
Thank you so much! Things turned out a lot better than I expected! Time is still needed to heal of course, but we are on speaking terms again.
 
That's so great, Julie! Communication is always a good way to go. :clap
 
I'm starting to feel fear and doubt about our friendship staying intact....At first, I was overjoyed just at the opportunity to continue being their friend, but now I am overcome with fears that our friendship will be permanently distanced from here on...Please, pray for these fears to go away. I know fear and doubt is not of God, and I'm trying really hard not to succumb to it, but it's very hard right now...
 
Fear can be hard to battle, that I know, but remember it's not all your fight. The Lord did not give you a spirit of fear (2 Timothy 1:7) and because it is not of Him, He can help you when it shows up.

I know your friends are very important to you right now. But the Lord does not want you to put your reliance on their acceptance or their presence. It may very well be that He is teaching you to rely solely on Him for the love, acceptance and comfort you need. People can only do so much. People are not always there for us, but God is.
 
I've never relied entirely on God...

How do you do that?
 
Well, to be honest, I never did it by choice. I went through situations like yours and realized finally that people are simply not capable of providing the amount of love, comfort, support and acceptance that we need and can come only from Jesus. Once I realized this, I was actually able to relax and just enjoy life and enjoy being with my own self and the Lord.

I will keep you in my prayers. :yes
 
should i just give up being friends with people then, since God only wants me to rely on Him?
 
No, no, absolutely not! In fact, when you rely on God for comfort, it takes a lot of the pressure off your friendships. You actually become a better friend. No...I never meant to say that you shouldn't have friends, only that people cannot be our sole source of love, peace, comfort and acceptance.
 
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