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The Jennie Allen Podcast

S11: Choosing Healthy Friends + Being a Healthy Friend

The Jennie Allen Podcast

Jennie Allen

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.96.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

We are built to live in community, but we are also supposed to use discernment and be intentional about who we do life with. In this episode, learn how being vulnerable with safe, healthy people can push us to become more like Christ. Also hear from Jim Cofield about why the quality of our relationships is so important and the characteristics to look for when choosing our people. Download the friend guide PDF: jennieallen.com Become one of our texties by texting the word PODCAST to 214-225-6267 If you’ve already gone through the Find Your People book with your book club, check out the Find Your People Bible Study to go deeper with your people. Learn more at jennieallen.com/bible-studies

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0:00.0

This is Jenny Allen and you are listening to the Made for This podcast.

0:04.0

You guys will love the Find Your People Study Guide that has streaming video and just

0:14.2

goes even deeper into the scripture and the topics that Jenny talks about in the

0:17.9

book. The Find Your People Bible Study is available now at all retailers.

0:31.0

Today on May for this, we're going to be looking at Philippians 3 versus 17 through 20. Brothers join in imitating me and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the

0:36.2

example you have in us. For many of whom I have often told you and now tell you even

0:41.6

with tears.

0:42.8

Walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.

0:45.6

Their end is destruction, their God is their belly,

0:48.9

and they glory in their shame with minds set on earthly things.

0:53.1

But our citizenship is in heaven,

0:55.4

and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

0:59.3

And now let's hear from Jenny. We're going to talk about finding and keeping great people in our lives and also being able to spot unhealthy people.

1:15.0

And I want to start by just saying we're all the unhealthy people to some extent.

1:20.0

You are never going to find the perfect people to do life with, the perfect people to do community with.

1:25.0

You will always be doing community and life with sinners.

1:28.0

And you are chief among them and I am chief among them.

1:32.0

And so we will approach this with a lot of

1:34.4

humility at the same time what you see in throughout scripture is that we are to use

1:39.2

discernment and intention and who we choose to do life with.

1:43.4

And by that I just mean the deepest parts of life.

1:45.9

It was a given that we are supposed to make disciples who make disciples.

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