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    You Always Have a Friend in Jesus for Girls: A Tween's Guide to Knowing and Loving Him More
    You Always Have a Friend in Jesus for Girls: A Tween's Guide to Knowing and Loving Him More
    You Always Have a Friend in Jesus for Girls: A Tween's Guide to Knowing and Loving Him More
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    You Always Have a Friend in Jesus for Girls: A Tween's Guide to Knowing and Loving Him More

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    Need a Friend You Can Count On? Jesus Is the Best! 
    Silly jokes, shared interests, laughter and giggles, and whispered dreams—best friends truly get each other. And your best friend of all—Jesus—truly gets you! 

    Always the perfect friend, Jesus modeled ten character traits that help you live your days with more and more excitement, such as 

    • confidence to be the real you 
    • faithfulness to be someone others trust 
    • focus to get stuff done 
    • friendliness that draws others to you
    • graciousness to let you move on from mistakes

    As you explore how Jesus lived out these character traits in His everyday life on earth, you'll discover what a good friend He is to you—and what a good friend you can be to others.

     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarvest House Publishers
    Release dateJul 26, 2016
    ISBN9780736955249
    You Always Have a Friend in Jesus for Girls: A Tween's Guide to Knowing and Loving Him More
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    Elizabeth George

    Elizabeth George is the New York Times bestselling author of sixteen novels of psychological suspense, one book of nonfiction, and two short story collections. Her work has been honored with the Anthony and Agatha awards, the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, and the MIMI, Germany's prestigious prize for suspense fiction. She lives in Washington State.

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      You Always Have a Friend in Jesus for Girls - Elizabeth George

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      Jesus Is Your Friend

      The only thing better than a friend… is a best friend. You know, someone you can spend hours and hours together with and never run out of things to talk about or exciting things to do. A best friend is someone you like, trust, count on, and spend as much time with as you possibly can—as much as your parents will allow.

      But friendships are with people, and many times they let you down. Maybe they turn on you or turn away from you. Maybe they drop you cold as a friend. And sadly, maybe they move away.

      But the good news is Jesus will never let you down. He is a friend forever. And Jesus will never turn on you or turn away from you, or drop you as His friend. And Jesus will never move away and leave you. Jesus is your forever friend.

      You probably already know that Jesus is a very special person. That’s an understatement, because He is the most special person who ever lived! That’s why you won’t read very far in the New Testament books of the Bible—especially Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John—before you discover that the stories of Jesus contain many life lessons and show you character qualities about Jesus and His relationship with people. He always treated people with kindness and helped and healed many who were sick. He even raised some people from the dead!

      Jesus was also the greatest teacher who ever lived and the greatest person who ever lived. His life, death, and resurrection from the dead have transformed the lives of millions of people since He returned to heaven almost 2000 years ago.

      Are you thinking, Yes, I know Jesus is a special person, but what does this mean to me? Well, to begin to answer this question, think about this: The greatest of all people who have ever lived—Jesus Christ—wants to get to know you and become your friend. Look at what happened to some of the people who followed Jesus—to them He said:

      I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you (John 15:15).

      Can you think of some nice things that might happen if Jesus was your friend? List them.

      Fun in God’s Word!

      It’s always good to know the person who says he or she wants to be your friend. So let’s take a few minutes and have some fun in God’s Word as we get to know J-E-S-U-S.

      Jesus is the Son of God. Many kids—and adults too—get confused when Jesus is called the Son of God. They think this means that Jesus was not God, but was only God’s Son, which makes them think that Jesus is someone less than God. But read the verse below and answer this question: How did these people respond when Jesus announced He was the Son of God?

      For this reason [the Jews] tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God (John 5:18).

      According to John 20:31, what is the purpose of the Gospel of John, or the book of John?

      These [things—the words and messages in the Gospel of John] are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God.

      According to the rest of John 20:31, what is the result of believing Jesus is the Son of God?

      … that by believing you may have life in his name.

      Thomas, one of the Jesus’ disciples, heard Jesus say He was the Son of God. He also heard others call Jesus by that title. What did Thomas call Jesus, knowing He was the Son of God?

      Thomas answered and said to Him, My Lord and my God! (John 20:28 NASB).

      Jesus is truly special because He is God who made heaven and earth. He created the first people on planet Earth, Adam and Eve. He had a special relationship with them. And now Jesus, who was God in human flesh, wants to be your friend. That’s pretty cool, right? Actually, that’s epic!

      What else did Jesus do? Read on to discover that He…

      Entered this world as a baby. God is Spirit, which means He does not have a body. Since the time everything was created, God has wanted to have a personal relationship with the people He has created. To make that possible, He had to became a man. Read the verses below and write out how God became a man.

      You [Mary] will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus (Luke 1:31).

      Now look at the many exciting descriptions of what this child would become and accomplish.

      — He will be great and

      — will be called the Son of the Most High.

      — The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and

      — he will reign over Jacob’s descendants;

      — his kingdom will never end (Luke 1:32-33).

      How does your impression and understanding of Jesus need to be corrected or changed, based on these descriptions of Jesus as God?

      The angel promised Mary that a baby would be born. According to the verses below, where did the angel tell the shepherds they could find this very special baby?

      Today in the town of David [Bethlehem] a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger (Luke 1:11-12).

      Once Jesus was born, He was God in a human body. He was a human person, like you and me. But He was also God, and He possessed all of the qualities of God, which means Jesus possessed a perfect, sinless nature. He was and is 100 percent God and 100 percent man. Jesus also…

      Sacrificed Himself for His friends. It takes a

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