Welcome to Gateway Church's podcast.

Wherever you're tuning in from, we hope you're encouraged by today's message.

Hi! Hi. Good morning, family. You're so kind. You can have a seat. I'm so happy to be with you

today. I love the church. There is no better place to gather with other believers and to worship our God.

And I'm grateful for the freedom as a country that we have. I hope that you two never take it

for granted. But we're in this series right now called It's Complicated. And today, I have the

privilege of talking about relationships when it comes to friendships.

Anybody in the house have a friend or two.

Okay, a few of you.

Any of you wish you had a friend or two?

Maybe a few more or maybe a friend or two less, right?

We're going to look into God's word and navigate a little bit,

because God's design is actually community in the very beginning. He created man, and then he

said, you know what, it's not good for man to be alone. So he created a companion for him,

and we were designed to live in community with one another.

So we're going to look at our theme verse very quickly.

It's Colossians 3, 12 through 14.

It'll be on the screen for you.

Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved,

clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone

else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love,

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