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b'Do you have a best friend? I do. She\\u2019s wonderful, and what\\u2019s awesome is she lives one door down from me! I\\u2019ve known her my whole life, but that doesn\\u2019t mean everything was always perfect. We\\u2019ve had many ups and downs, but we haven\\u2019t lefteach other\\u2019s sides. And for a long time, it was just me and her. She was the only best friend I had, and she is still my best friend\\u2026But now, I have another best friend. His name is Jesus.\\nWhen He was with His disciples, Jesus said, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153I do not call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn\\u2019t know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from my Father\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d (John 15:15). If we\\u2019ve put our trust in Jesus, He calls us friends! Isn\\u2019t that amazing? Jesus, the almighty God of the whole universe and King of everything, wants us to be His friends!\\nA friend can be defined as someone you share a bond of mutual affection with. \\u201cMutual\\u201d isn\\u2019t a word that would describe a one-way relationship. In my opinion, Jesus has shown His side of mutual affection in our friendship in countless ways. The climax of Jesus\\u2019 affection was when He died a terribly gruesome death (a death we all deserved to die), and He rose from the dead to make a way for us to be in close relationship with God forever. It was all worth it to Him because He wants to be best friends with us.\\nHow do we live in friendship with Jesus and show our affection toward Him? Once we\\u2019ve put our trust in Jesus\\u2014believing in His life, death, and resurrection\\u2014one way to express our love back to God is by talking with Him. It might feel weird at first, but try venting to Him. Literally tell Him everything going on with you. Yes, He already knows, but tell Him anyway. Admitting your struggles to God is often the first step toward relying on His strength and entering His rest. He is a great listener. Talk to Him at any time, even if it\\u2019s not serious. (I\\u2019ve literally told Him about a really funny joke I heard.) Jesus wants the true you. He wants to be your best friend. And even though our friendship with Jesus is still different from our friendships with other people, and it\\u2019s hard that we don\\u2019t get to see Jesus in person, we can look forward to when Jesus will return and we\\u2019ll get to be with Him (in the flesh) forever! \\u2022 Lily Davito\\n\\u2022 How is being friends with Jesus similar to being friends with a neighbor? How is it different?\\n\\u2022 How has Jesus shown the kind of relationship He wants to have with us? \\nThough you have not seen him [Jesus], you love him\\u2026 1 Peter 1:8a (CSB)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\n1 Corinthians 2'