This week, pastoral elder Eric Byrom goes through the idea of character friends and looking at the lives of Jonathan and David in 1 Samuel.

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Sermon Passages: 1 Samuel 14:1-10; 17:31-37; 18:1

Sermon Outline

• Pursue like-minded character friendships based on reciprocal love of each other’s virtuous character.
• Pursue like-minded character friendships based on reciprocal desire for the other’s best life.
• Pursue like-minded character friendships in order to flourish in doing good.

Questions for Discussion

1. Do you have any character friendships in your life?  What traits of virtue have drawn you together with these friends?
2. How have character friendships resulted in the best coming out in both of you?  Give some examples.
3. How have your character friendships resulted in you flourishing in doing good?  Give some examples. 
4. What is one thing that God wants you to do, remember or change in response to what you heard today?