Welcome to the Daily Blade.

The Word of God is described as the sword of the spirit,

the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil.

Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson,

and they stand ready to equip men for the fight.

Let's sharpen up.

All right, day five this week of The Daily Blade is we're talking about

what your friends need from you, the traits of a godly friend. First and foremost, they need you

to live the kind of life that you can say, be imitators of me as I imitate Christ. Secondly,

they need wisdom from you. That's what they need. They need wisdom from you.

They need for you to be the kind of man that loves them enough that you are willing to

first remove the log out of your eye and then go on that one step further and remove the spec

out of theirs, that you would love them enough to confront them in their sin or warn them

when they're stupid. Fourthly, they need the kind of friend that is willing to carry them to Jesus

no matter the obstacle. And lastly, is this. This is not a complete list, just five things, okay?

Your friends need you to pray for them. Like like do you pray for your mat carriers like do you if if your

friends imitated the way you prayed for them and prayed for you that way would that be enough for

you in ephesus chapter six as pa Paul is talking about spiritual warfare in the most famous

passage about spiritual warfare, he says this, finally be strong in the Lord and the strength of

his might, put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities,

against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in heavenly places.

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