{"id":31480,"date":"2026-11-05T00:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T23:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=31480"},"modified":"2026-11-04T21:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T20:02:04","slug":"friend-indeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2026\/11\/05\/friend-indeed\/","title":{"rendered":"Friend Indeed"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-31480-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Nov-5.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Nov-5.mp3\">http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Nov-5.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke%205%3A19&amp;version=NLV\">Luke 5:<sup>19<\/sup> <\/a>\u201cBut they could not find a way to take him in because of so many people. They <strong>made a hole<\/strong> in the roof <strong>over where Jesus stood<\/strong>. Then they let the bed with the sick man on it down before Jesus.\u201d (NLV, emphasis added).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>God will bless you with friends like these, and God will make you a friend like this in the Name of Jesus. Sacrifice is the key to friendship. <!--more-->These men sacrificed, they risked so many things &#8211; their energy, reputation, and even their lives. They could have fallen off the roof. They were carrying someone who was obviously heavy, immobile, and could not help himself. They risked being arrested. This man\u2019s friends sacrificed for him. God will bring people into your life who will sacrifice for you, and God will make you a friend who sacrifices for others. You need to take an inventory, a friend inventory. A simple inventory is the phone inventory.<\/p>\n<p>Check, the person that you are always calling, does the person call you too? Or is it that every time you call, they say, \u201cI was just about to call you. Our minds are working together. I was just literally about to call you.\u201d However, it is every time you call that they are \u201calways just about to call you\u201d, and they never actually call you. I used to have a friend like that. When I checked, I discovered that for a whole year, I was the one who would remember this person and call. However, as soon as I call and the person picks up, the first thing the person says is, \u201cI was just thinking about you. You see, the spirit is one. I was just thinking about you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t think anything of it. I just say, \u201cOh wow! You have to learn to obey the Holy Spirit more. I beat you to it this time.\u201d The next time I call, it is the same thing. \u201cl was just about to call you.\u201d After a while, I said to myself, \u201cIf you don&#8217;t call this person, this person doesn&#8217;t call you.\u201d There is no need. I am busy enough. I have things I am doing. If I take time out to text or call you, it is a sacrifice. If I am the only one texting and calling, after a while, I will stop. So, I stopped calling this person and for months, the person did not call. But if I call again, I am sure the person will say, \u201cOh, I was just about to call.\u201d If I want comic relief, I probably will call. But I don&#8217;t have time for that right now. You need to realize that sacrifice is the key to friendship.<\/p>\n<p>They made a hole in the roof; it must have been noisy and dirty with debris falling. Where would the debris fall? Straight down, right? Guess where they were making the hole? The Bible says, \u201c&#8230;<em>over where Jesus stood<\/em>.\u201d So, all the debris fell on Jesus, and He did not complain. But why didn&#8217;t the homeowner have an issue with it? Imagine how big the hole would have had to be. If you read this scripture in context, you will discover that that was Jesus&#8217; house.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Prayer<\/strong> (hymn): What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer! O what peace we often forfeit\u2026 Amen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke 5:19 \u201cBut they could not find a way to take him in because of so many people. They made a hole in the roof over where Jesus stood. Then they let the bed with the sick man on it down before Jesus.\u201d (NLV, emphasis added). &nbsp; God will bless you with friends like these, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[324,18,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-god","category-holy-spirit","category-jesus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31480"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31691,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31480\/revisions\/31691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}