There are some important distinctives of healthy friendships. Here's author and speaker Kelly Needham.

Friendships are not entirely meant to be just pragmatic. Our joy in Christ is multiplied when it is shared.

Shared joys are the best joys. We're coming together to enjoy all of God's good gifts, but him primarily.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss-Swallgamuth, author of Adorned,

Living Out the Beauty of the Gospel Together for August 30th, 2019.

Well, I'm happy to welcome again to the studio today, my friend, Kelly Needham, who is a friendship expert.

Is that what you are?

Well, some people, jokingly will say that, but I don't think I am, but I love friendship,

and I love, you know, fostering good friendships in my life and others.

You're a proponent of friendship, you're champion for friendship, and you're also, you've

issued some warnings that we need to hear in our culture about how friendships can become

false gods in our lives. So you're giving some warning signals while also encouraging us

to have healthy and godly friendships.

I'm thankful to have you as a friend.

I'm thankful at a distance the relationship the Lord has allowed us to enjoy as we encourage each other, as we have sent emails to each other about.

You send me an email.

I don't even know if I ever thanked you for this.

But some months ago, you were with us at a True Woman conference and you said,

here's some things I've been thinking about after the conference, some things I saw and I wonder

if, and even about my role, and it was really helpful, positive, constructive, that's a friend

that will have those kinds of conversations.

Speaking of the True Woman Conference, you're going to be with us just around the corner at Revive 19 as part of the speakers, our friends.

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