“One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: ‘Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.’ So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.’” Acts 18:9-11

Dear Father, Thank you for my friends, my Christian friends. Like is tireless and exhausting. Sometimes it feels like I am a hamster on a hamster wheel. My emotions are raw. My strengths grows thin. I’m exhausted and those are on the easy days. Then days come where there is opposition in my life-at home, at work, on these days, I need my friends. Thank you for sending just the friends whom I need and just the right time. Thank you for sending me friends who will tell me when I am off base and need to repent. Thank you for sending me friends who will comfort me when I am broke and desperately need forgiveness. Thank you for surround with friends who are praying for me, who just listen to me, who strengthen me, and help me out of the dust. Dear Father, thank you for the friends whom you send to serve and support me. I need them and, more than that, I need the word from you that they bring. Amen.

Take a moment to thank God for the Christian friends who puts in your life to hold you up.