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| Pastor W. F. Kumuyi |
In the November edition of Impact Academy- a branch of the monthly GCK focused on youths and young adults, the convener, Pastor W. F. Kumuyi, spoke about preparation for excellence.
He gave a sub-point titled "The Friends' Loyalty on the Ladder Towards Excellence." He emphasized that friendship is two-way traffic and quoted a Bible verse."
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| photo by Duy Pham |
"A friend loveth at all times..."
-Proverbs 17:17 (KJV)
A-Z of Friendship
"What kind of friend should you have that will help you and make you go on the right journey?" He rhetorically asked.
He gave each letter's positive and negative sides for a better understanding.
Who is Your Friend?
Is he...
A: Agreeable or Aggressive?
Agreeable friends try to support you, while aggressive friends want to fight you.
B: Brotherly or Brutish?
Brotherly friends show you love, while brutish friends are unkind.
C: Courageous or Cowardly?
Courageous friends are ready to work with you, while cowardly friends cannot do anything.
D: Disciplined or Derelict?
Disciplined friends consider your feelings, thoughts, and how their actions affect you. Unlike a derelict who doesn't care.
E: Exemplary or Exploitative?
Your friends should be exemplary in love, helping, and being considerate. Exploitative friends want to get from you, wherein you get no benefit.
F: Focused or Flirting?
Focused friends get you to where you want while flirting friends distract you.
G: Godly or Godless?
Godly friends would love you, lift you, and get you to the top, while Godless friends are careless.
H: Helpful or Harmful?
Helpful friends make you grow, while harmful friends are unhappy with your progress on the ladder of excellence.
I: Industrious or Idle?
Industrious friends motivate you, while idle friends want to talk or party when you're trying to read, work on an assignment, or move forward.
J: Just or Jealous?
Just friends consider things properly and are fair-minded in everything they share with you. Jealous friends despise your growth.
K: Kind or Kidding?
Kind friends will help you while kidding friends can be deceptive.
L: Loyal or Lying?
Friends who always tell you lies don't want you to be successful.
M: Mindful or Meddling?
Mindful friends know your soft point and won't meddle in issues that don't concern them.
N: Noble or Narrow-Minded?
Noble friends boost your zeal for progress, while narrow-minded friends decrease your hunger for success.
O: Open or Oppressive?
Friends should not oppress you when they speak.
P: Positive or Pessimistic?
Positive friends are supportive, while pessimistic friends only see the dark sides of things and are against risk-taking.
Q: Quiet or Quarrelsome?
Quiet friends think before they decide/speak, unlike quarrelsome friends who jump to conclusions.
R: Respectable or Rotten?
Respectable friends are well-behaved, while rotten friends are vile.
S: Selfless or Selfish?
Selfless friends care about you and your feelings, while selfish friends care about only themselves.
T: Thoughtful or Thoughtless?
Friends should lift you and be thoughtful of your feelings.
Unwavering or Unsteady?
Unwavering friends would not neglect you one day and suddenly love you the next (unsteady).
V: Virtuous or Vicious?
Virtuous friends have admirable characteristics, while vicious friends are discouraging.
W: Watchful or Wasteful
You may not go beyond the level of your friends. Make sure they are not wasteful.
X: X-sinner or X-saint
X-sinners are godly and helpful, while X-saints are unrighteous.
Y: Yielding or yelling?
Yielding friends take to correction and do what's right, while yelling friends get angry over corrections.
Z: Zealous or Zero-Zeal?
Zealous friends have passion and vision, while zero-zeal friends kill yours.
You can tell the kind of friends you have. Friends who are in the positive categories are the ones who can keep you on par with excellence.
"A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother."
-Proverbs 18:24 (KJV)
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