Welcome to Teach Back Tuesday, where we feature the most popular episodes from the previous season.

The topic of friendship can be misunderstood. Too often, we're looking at the relationship from the

angle of what's in it for me, when actually it's meant to benefit both sides. Every now and then,

we should examine our friendships and see if there's anything out of order that may need fixing.

Friendships can be a blessing or they can be a steady stream of draining drama.

People come into friendships with the baggage of their backgrounds, and we show up with ours as well.

This special relationship is meant to surround us with people

who keep us spiritually sharp and we were meant to do the same in the lives of our friends.

Ready for a review on how to be an iron sharpeneth iron friend? Let's listen. I really enjoy my

friendships, do you? Or are your friendships high maintenance?

Is someone upset with you right now because of a small thing and you're stressed out about it?

Or do you wonder sometimes about the people you've allowed into your close inner circle?

When our friendships become thorny burdens, we need to give those friendships a checkup.

Something is unhealthy somewhere.

Thank you for joining Keep the Heart for today's podcast with Francie Taylor.

Francie is an author, teacher, and conference speaker.

Sharing lessons from the Word of God is her passion. Now, back to today's important study.

The Bible has friendship principles that work, but we usually try our own methods first. Why is that?

Well, a couple of reasons at least. One is that we think we know what's best, and the other is that we like to be in

control, even if it's only imaginary control. So we forge ahead with our own solutions to problems we've created rather than taking a giant

step back and asking God how to make repairs. How can we be more consistent in our friendships?

Let's look at five ideas. And if you've been listening to this podcast for any length of time,

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