This article will be studied during the week of June 29th through July 5th.

Keep strengthening your friendship with your mate.

Theme text, There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 1824.

Song 131.

What God has yoked together. Focus. A happy marriage is built on a close friendship between a husband and a wife and on their mutual love for Jehovah. Paragraph 1 question,

why are good friends a gift from Jehovah?

Good friends are a gift from Jehovah.

They love God and they love us.

They share in our joy when we are happy, comfort us when we feel down,

and give us honest advice when we need it. They are loyal and we can trust them.

Such friends truly make the heart rejoice. Proverbs 27-9.

Paragraph 2 question, why is it important for a married couple to keep strengthening their

friendship? It is important for a man and to keep strengthening their friendship?

It is important for a man and his wife to be the best of friends. They cannot take their friendship for granted. They need to keep working at strengthening it. If they neglect their

friendship, they could start feeling lonely, frustrated, even angry. But if they keep nurturing their

friendship, they can enjoy the closest bond the two humans could ever have. Matthew 196 reads,

So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has yoked together, let no man put apart.

In this article, we will see how married couples can keep strengthening their friendship.

But first, let us consider how single Christians can choose a mate who will become their

best friend for life. How to choose a mate who will become their best friend for life.

How to choose a lifelong friend.

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