Friends: The State of Our Unions

Passion City Church DC Podcast

Passion City Church

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🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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We all long for friends, but it can be a struggle to find them. As the world around us is becoming increasingly lonely, what can we do to build solid friendships? This week, Pastor Ben Stuart is back with the first of two messages on the importance of friends! In our increasingly divisive and isolating culture, the state of friendships has only been getting worse in. Pastor Ben shows us that there's hope for all of us to forge solid friendships when we start by focusing on the true source of all friendships - God. Key Verses // John 15:12-19, 1 John 4:7-12

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Passion City Church DC podcast. To learn more about
0:06.7	Passion City Church, including our gathering times in Atlanta and Washington DC,
0:11.2	visit us online at passioncitychurch.com. Today's talk comes from Pastor Ben Stewart.
0:20.1	Well, this past weekend, Donna and the kids and I went back to Texas to see some old
0:26.0	friends, old friends in the sense that we've known them for a long time and that
0:30.9	they're also not getting any younger. They've got grown children and such. But we
0:35.3	had an awesome time. Our kids got to swim and swimming pools. They at one point
0:40.7	were eating chocolate fondue while in the jacuzzi. I'm like, what is this? The 70s?
0:45.3	Like, what are you doing? They had such a blast, but it was fascinating. They had a
0:50.1	great time when we were talking about really what they enjoyed sitting around and
0:54.7	eating meals with some of those friends for some of their favorite moments. A couple
0:58.9	of the friends bought puzzles and games and toys from a dollar store and just gathered
1:03.7	around and doing puzzles and playing games with some people that were sitting and asking
1:08.4	them questions about their life and genuinely interested in the answers was thrilling to
1:13.2	our kids. And I remember at one point, it was about bedtime and we were all sitting around
1:18.8	these friends of ours and our kids and we were talking about what we appreciate about
1:23.6	each other. And they were talking about how they told jokes together and laughed and
1:27.5	played games and asked questions. Then we said what we really like about each other.
1:31.4	Talked about our favorite moment from the day. And I'll never forget my son was snuggled
1:36.0	up in a chair with me and he goes, Dad, I know my epic best moment of today. And I was
1:41.0	like, what is it, son? He goes, the moment I walked through that door. I'm like, well,
1:46.8	that's sweet. We did not say it, but he's just saying, I entered into this realm where
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