Marvelous Comrades
16 Types of Marvelous Comrades...
Those who hope in the God of All of Life and for people’s futures!
1. MARVELOUS COMRADES FOR LIFE! (Friends for Life!)
• Marvelous Comrades are “LIFERS” and are in friendship for the long-run!
Hebrews 13:5 – for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I forsake you”
2. MARVELOUS COMRADES WHO BUILD / BUILDING FRIENDS
• Marvelous Comrades build together
3. MARVELOUS COMRADES OF NEW WORSHIP (New Worship Friends)
• Marvelous Comrades help you grow in your definition of worship and your calling
Deuteronomy 6:13- You shall fear only the Lord, your God; and you shall worship Him and swear by His name.
4. MARVELOUS COMRADES OF LOVE
• Marvelous comrades do all for the sake of love!
Genesis 29:20 – So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
5. MARVELOUS COMRADES OF HOPE & LIFE
• You are so alive with marvelous comradery! Marvelous Comrades help us to soar and fly!
Ecclesiastes 4:9 – Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work:
Galatians 6:6 – Anyone who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with his instructor.
6. MARVELOUS COMRADES OF GLADNESS & JOY & HOPE
• Marvelous comrades who’s JOY in the Lord is their strength!
Job 29:12 – because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist him.
Jeremiah 7:34 – voice of Joy, voice of gladness…
Acts 2:28 – you will make be full of gladness with your presence
Heb 1:9 – Your God has anointed you with the oil of gladness…
7. MARVELOUS COMRADES OF DESTINY & IDENTITY (Prophetic Friends & Callers)
Rom 8:31-34 – “What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
8. MARVELOUS COMRADES OF BENEVOLENCE & GENEROSITY (Wealth)
• Marvelous Comrades help keep each other to be joyful, & they experience child-like giving
• Marvelous Comrades increase your prosperity
• Jesus fed over 5,000 people out of a 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish—He multiplied with a miracle, and offered it all to the people.
James 1:17 – Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning
Romans 6:23 – for the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in our Lord.
9. MARVELOUS COMRADES OF LOYALTY, FAITHFULNESS & BELIEF (‘Die for you’ friend)
• Marvelous Comrades will give their very lives for you!
1 Thess 5:24 – “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.” You our God
Ps 117:2 – “For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD.”
I Cor 10:13 – And God is faithful
1 Cor 1:9 – “God faithful, [reliable, trustworthy, and therefore ever true to His promise, and He can be depended on] by Him you were called into companionship and partnership with His Son”
Rev 19:11 – “The One who was riding it is called Faithful [Trustworthy, Loyal, Incorruptible, Steady] and True.
10. MARVELOUS COMRADES OF ENJOYING THE DAY!
• Marvelous Comrades lead you into discovering God in all of life! They see every activity as an invitation to encounter God!
Matthew. 25:21 –…enter into the joy of your master.”
John 15:11 – “These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.”
11. MARVELOUS COMRADES OF HEALTH
• Marvelous Comrades lead you into discovering the One who refreshes and restores life.
Is 53:5 – by His stripes we are healed
Ps 103:3 – who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases
Psalm 23:3 – “He refreshes and restores my life”
Exodus 32:29 – The Lord restores and blesses people
2 Cor 5:19 – God reconciled men to himself
Dan 9:24 – Atonement for sin is made through Christ and then reconciliation happens. Restoration come from reconciliation and results in life abundant!
12. MARVELOUS COMRADES OF HOPE PRAYER (Prayer Friends)
• Marvelous Comrades never stop asking God the right questions, build worship, and the Knowledge of God in All of Life / (Psalm 86)
Ps 127:1 – “Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain.”
Mat. 16:18 – “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.”
13. MARVELOUS COMRADES OF GOVERNANCE
• Marvelous Comrades fill earth with God's Glory, in the Marketplace, Education, Media, Family, Business, Church, and everywhere!
Psalms 28:7 – “The Lord is the Strength and my (impenetrable) Shield; my heart trusts in; relies on, and confidently leans on Him, and I am helped” – point blank this is my experience.
Habakkuk 3:19 – “The Lord is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hind’s feet and will make me able to walk and make progress upon my high places”
14. MARVELOUS COMRADES OF VICTORIES
• Marvelous Comrades display the victorious majesty of God in all of life.
Is 12:6 – “Cry out and shout o inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst.”
Ps 145:5 – I will meditate on the glorious splendor of your majesty and on your wondrous work
Ps 45:4 – in your majesty ride on victoriously
Psalm 45:4 – “In your majesty ride forth victoriously in behalf of truth, humility and righteousness; let your right hand display awesome deeds.
Isaiah 25:8 – He will swallow up death in victory…
Proverbs 21:31 – The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but deliverance is of the Lord.
I Co 15:57 – But thanks be to God who gave us the victory though our Lord Jesus Christ.
15. MARVELOUS COMRADES OF CONSTANT COMMUNION (Christ in the Day)
• Marvelous Comrades have the answers in God for the challenges of life through constant communion
Proverbs 8:34 ” Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts.
1 Samuel 12:32 “Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.
1 Thessalonians 5:17 pray without ceasing… (talk to God continually)
16. MARVELOUS COMRADES WITH PASSION / PASSIONATE FRIENDS
• Marvelous Comrades who live with passion and bring out passion in the hearts of others
2 Kings 10:16 He said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD.” So he made him ride in his chariot.
ACTION STEPS TO TAKE TO BECOME A MARVELOUS COMRADE TO GOD & OTHERS
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BREAK the spirit of isolation and RELEASE the Spirit of God for Community!
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Ask the Lord for Marvelous Comrades to build life with – not commiserate friends!!
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Ask the Lord how to steward well the relationships and community that He has given you
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Ask the Lord who are the Marvelous Comrades, He has in store for you for the sake of your children’s children
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Ask the Lord who are your Marvelous Comrades, with creative ideas and resources of supply for the sake of the vulnerable of the earth
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PRAY FOR THE RELEASE OF LIFE LONG RELATIONSHIPS!!!