This need not be so.  Very few of us are without friends. And all of us, I dare say, have acquaintances.  If we follow the apostle's example, some of our acquaintances can be made into friends and, by the grace of God, into brothers and sisters in the Lord!

Admittedly, sharing our faith with friends sometimes proves difficult-especially when they were never informed of our commitment from the very onset of the friendship. But it is not impossible. Starting now is certainly better than not doing it at all.

Remember! There is nothing too hard for the Lord and to be obedient to Him is better than sacrifice.  We have become his friends (John 13). Let us through the befriending of others introduce them to Jesus Christ - the ‘forever friend' (as sung by Carlene Davis).

Delano Palmer is a member of Swallowfield Chapel where he teaches ACE classes and also shares pulpit duties.  Though he is most known for his jokes and stories stitched together by sermons, he's also a theology teacher,  and has served with the Jamaica chapter of the Wycliffe Bible Translators, Back to the Bible, and Family Life Ministries.