In a culture that so easily glorifies romantic love over all others, it can be easy to over look one of the greatest gifts of all: friendship.
True friendship transforms us as we journey through the ordinary and the extraordinary moments of life together. And friendship with Jesus is no exception – indeed, it is the greatest invitation into a relationship that sees us forever changed for the better.
When Jesus walked the earth, Mary, Martha, and Lazarus were some of his closest friends. He loved them just as they were but equally empowered them to become so much more. Here, Amy Boucher Pye unpacks the dynamics of this remarkable friendship, inviting you to be transformed by the same love that shaped their lives.
Wherever you are on your life’s journey, let yourself experience grounded faith, boundless joy, and profound peace through an ever-deepening friendship with Jesus.
Innehållsförteckning
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
Om författaren
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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