Do you long for deeper, authentic connection in a world that often feels isolating?
In a time when loneliness is increasingly common, we often overlook one of life’s most profound gifts: friendship. While our culture places a spotlight on romantic love, the lasting, transformative power of friendshig – especially friendship with Jesus – can truly change our lives.
Through the stories of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, Amy Boucher Pye explores how a relationship with Jesus isn’t just another friendship; it’s a sacred connection that meets us right where we are and invites us to grow into who we’re meant to be. Jesus walked alongside his friends through their joys and challenges, empowering them to embrace life with newfound purpose, strength, and peace. He still does this today for us.
What would it mean to have a friend who understands you completely? How could friendship with Jesus deepen your faith and bring new joy to your life?
This practical, Bible-based work will encourage you, challenge you and inspire you. Wherever you are on your journey, let this book guide you to experience the grounding faith, joy, and peace that flow from a genuine friendship with Jesus – a friendship that has the power to transform you from the inside out.
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Foreword xi
Introduction: Friends of Jesus 1
Part 1
Being and Doing: The Luke 10 Story
Chapter 1: So Distracted 9
Chapter 2: Listening and Learning 21
Chapter 3: Both . . . And 31
Part 2
Grieving and Rejoicing: The John 11 Story
Chapter 4: Waiting for Jesus 45
Chapter 5: Aftermath 59
Chapter 6: At the Tomb 71
Part 3
Loving and Serving: The John 12 Story
Chapter 7: The Party 83
Chapter 8: Liquid Love 95
Final Words: The Encounter that Changes Us 105
Acknowledgements 107
Leader’s Guide 109
Notes 117
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Amy Boucher Pye is an author, speaker, retreat leader and spiritual director. She writes for Our Daily Bread and other devotional publications, with a thousand articles published. She’s the author of the award-winning Finding Myself in Britain (Authentic Media, 2015), The Living Cross (BRF, 2016), and a new resource for small groups: The Prayers of Jesus (CWR, 2020). Amy has run the book club for Woman Alive, the UK’s only monthly Christian women’s magazine, for nearly fifteen years. She loved earning her master’s degree in Christian spirituality through Heythrop College, University of London (2017) and enjoys her new work as a spiritual director. She lives with her husband and their two teenagers in their spacious but drafty vicarage in North London.
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