The Bible teaches us not only that we are made for friendship (Genesis 2:18; Ecclesiastes 4:9–12), but also that we are made by our friendships (Proverbs 13:20; 27:17). A man, likely more than he knows, owes who he has become to the friends who helped make him.
PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL RESTORATION
Honest and straightforward acknowledgement of failure. Restoration hinges on the honest and straightforward admission of the wayward soul’s failure. Sin can never be addressed if it is not named.
BIBLICAL ASPECTS OF FASTING
16 “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.”(ESV)
Esther 4:16
BIBLICAL MEDITATION
14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.(ESV)
Psalm 19:14