Eternal Friendships

Leading The Way Radio Podcast

Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef

Michael Youssef, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Sermons, Bible Study, Theology, Health & Fitness, Jesus, Mental Health, Preaching, Bible, Spirituality, Religion, Holy Spirit, Ltw, Leading The Way

4.9 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In What Friends Are For, Dr. Michael Youssef tackles the loneliness crisis—even in the Church—by pointing to the Biblical Truth that friendships in Christ are meant to last into eternity. From John 15, he lays out key principles for building God-honoring relationships rooted in Christ-centered love.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Eternal Friendships, a series of life-impacting messages from pastor and author Dr. Michael
0:07.3	Youssef begins today on leading the way.
0:11.0	Eternal Friendships gives and asks nothing in return.
0:17.0	Eternal Friendships desire its sorrow in the friend's misfortune and grief.
0:23.3	Its pride is in the friend's success.
0:27.3	Jesus said in John 1513, greater love has no one than this.
0:34.0	What is it?
0:34.8	That he lays down his life for his friends.
0:39.8	We thank you for taking time for Dr. Michael Youssef
0:43.1	and the program known across six continents as leading the way.
0:48.2	Throughout the seasons of life, friendships come and go,
0:51.6	but friendships with brothers and sisters in Christ stretch into eternity.
0:57.5	Up next, Dr. Youssef opens your eyes to eternal friendships on leading the way.
1:03.9	Dr. Yousef and the entire Leading the Way team strive to be the best stewards of God's provision through your generous support.
1:12.1	In fact, leading the way goes through a yearly third-party audit to make sure that all
1:17.2	financial decisions are efficient and above board.
1:20.4	In addition, when you give a gift or when you order a product, please be sure to share
1:25.3	with us how and where you most often connect, because
1:29.2	that really helps in stewardship decisions. Do this when you call us at 866-626-4356 or online
1:39.1	at l-tw.org. Right now, though, listen with me as Dr. Michael Youssef begins this episode of
1:47.8	leading the way audio. I was thinking about how erroneously we think that loneliness is confined to those who are alone, shut-ins, single people,
2:07.7	but in reality, loneliness is far deeper than that.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.