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The counsel we get out there or help we get from friends and families are very important to who we become in life. 

"Birds of a feather flock together"

"Show me your friend and I will tell you what kind of person you are" 

These words are not fake but real. You cannot make it in life merely by being self sufficient. You need good friends and family or even your enemies to get things done.

Jesus Christ needed the 12 disciples to fulfil His purpose here on earth but he guided His heart with all diligence: 

Proverbs 4:33

"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." 

In a small town lived different people of different tribes and in this town there are many challenges like over population, lesser food, low stock and no family must have more than two children if not one will be killed.

There are fences separating them from the next town which was  marked RED (meaning no one must go through). 

The Wright's family are always very protective of their children, but the neighbour's kids are always free to do anything they like and they always insult the Wright's kids of not being brave because they always obey their parents commands and they are weak doing so etc. 

One day, the Wright's kids chose to disobey their parents and accepted the advice of the other kids from other families in their neighbourhood. They all set to go over the fence not regarding the instructions.  They climb the fence and saw a beautiful new world different from theirs and said their parents must be wrong about this town which had lots of riches and good things in it. They quickly jump to the beautiful town and said to themselves "let's just do a quick walk about and go back home" but what they do not know was that this town is full of kidnappers and they also use kids for rituals a lot. 

They walked 30mins and three men came out of the bush and grab them all, they took them all to a priest who is to use them for money but one of the kids was not properly tied and just when they started killing them one after the other, he cut himself lose and ran as fast as he could and jumped over the fence.

 All died except one of the Wright's family's kids who  lived to tell the story of what had happened to their parents. 

All this happened just because they had friends with negative counselling. 

We cannot just stay away and not make friends, but one thing we should also have in mind as we keep friends are:

1. How are you sure the person you so much trust has your best interest at heart?

2. Can the person you so much trust take a bullet or two for you like you will for them?

3. The information you are giving out to your loved ones, are they really safe?

4. Can you 100% trust your own family with your safety?

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To me, the answer to all these questions is NO because you can't even trust yourself, but one thing is as many as the bad and negative friends out there, we also have many good and best versions of true friends out there. There are a lot more of good friends that we can seek counsel from that we do not even deserve their friendship but they just love us no matter what we do. 

N.B. What advice will some bunch of prostitutes give each other? Or what advice will corrupt minded friends give each other? 

I was fortunate to be at a place sometime ago and I heard a conversation between friends of 5 or 6 dudes but I could not say anything. One of them made a mistake and they were all contributing counsel to get him out of the mess but the truth was non of them was actually making any sense and if you see the seriousness in them you will know they believed they are right and this made me feel so so sorry for them all because I can only imagine the kind of counselling they must really be giving to each other. 

Surround yourself with people who have positive and good goals, people of faith (in God) and not men, people who inherited God's wisdom and can help you grow spiritually and in your career to success in life. 

HOW DO YOU KNOW TRUE FRIENDS? 

N.B. The bible says 

Matthew 7:15-20

"15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them."

But in this case, the prophets are your love ones, friends, family etc... 

1. A selfless friend: These are friends that are always there for you almost 24/7, friends that give their time, money, and advices etc. 

2. Truthful friends: These are friends that are always Truthful to you and they tell you, you are wrong even if they know it will cost them that thing they love so much. 

3. Real friends: These are friends that stand by you and support you when no one else will, friends that stand by you no matter what and not friends with benefits.

N.B.

Beloved, beware of false friends, friends that appear like inocent dove but are snakes in character, friends that will push you to do something wrong that they cannot do. A good friend is like a treasure found and if your friendship with someone will not push you to be better always and do the right thing, then you have not found a friend but a snake.

Author: Damsky Bola 

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