Carmel Church

October 15, 2025

Make FRIENDS at CHURCH

October 15, 2025

Be bold. Be brave. Share your faith.

September 14, 2025

We Need FRIENDS... So Let's Be FRIENDS!

<p>SUCCESS, CONQUERING & MIRACLE ANSWERS TO PRAYER</p><p><br></p><p>Doing life together with friends in a group will bring me success</p><p> </p><p>Ecclesiastes 4:9–12 (NLT) - Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. </p><p><br></p><p>Proverbs 27:17 (NLT) - As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Romans 1:12 (NCV) - I want us to help each other with the faith we have. Your faith will help me, and my faith will help you. </p><p><br></p><p>In a small group we can stand back-to-back and conquer</p><p> </p><p>Ecclesiastes 4:10–12 (NLT) - If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. 12 A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. </p><p><br></p><p>Proverbs 16:18 (NLT) - Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall. </p><p><br></p><p>Philippians 2:3 (TPT) - Be free from pride-filled opinions, for they will only harm your cherished unity. </p><p><br></p><p>Proverbs 18:1 (NKJV) - A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire; He rages against all wise judgment. </p><p><br></p><p>1 Peter 5:5 (NLT) - And all of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” </p><p><br></p><p>Hebrews 10:25 (TPT) - This is not the time to pull away and neglect meeting together, as some have formed the habit of doing, because we need each other! In fact, we should come together even more frequently, eager to encourage and urge each other onward…</p><p><br></p><p>Romans 14:19 (TPT) - So then, make it your top priority …eagerly seeking to strengthen and encourage one another.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Praying in agreement with a small group will bring miracle answers from God</p><p><br></p><p>Matthew 18:19–20 (NLT) - If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. 20 For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them.” </p><p><br></p><p>Ephesians 6:18 (Message) - Pray for your brothers and sisters…Keep each other’s spirits up so that no one falls behind or drops out. </p><p><br></p><p>James 5:16 (Message) - Make this your common practice…pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed…</p><p><br></p><p>Psalm 68:6 (GW) - God places lonely people in families…but rebellious people must live in an unproductive land. </p><p><br></p><p>Rebellious – to be stubborn and not willing to change</p><p><br></p><p>Hebrews 10:25 Easy - Some people have stopped meeting with the group of Christians. But that is not good. We should all continue to meet together. We need to help one another to be strong and brave.</p>