Have you struggled to make friends? Or keep them? 

Whatever your experience has been, we were all designed for community. We all want to feel connected. Thankfully, God does not leave us on our own to figure out the ins and outs of friendship. While there may be seasons in which the relationships in our lives ebb and flow, God desires that we journey through life with the companionship of friends, for we were created for relationships. 

Craving Community | How the Gospel Helps You Cultivate Faithful Friendships was written to equip you with truth from Scripture that will shape the way you approach and navigate friendship. Through this four-week study, we will discover God’s design for friendships, how to make them, and how to sustain them.

Craving Community is a 4-week study that will equip you to: 

• Fix your gaze on Jesus who gives us friendship with God.

• Learn and apply the attributes of a godly friend.

• Navigate difficulties in friendship so you can sustain them in every season.

• Pursue godly friendship even when it’s hard.

Special resources within study:

• Friendship Spotlights from Scripture

• Suggestions for Making Friends

• 20 Questions to Help You Go Deeper with Your Friends

• A Prayer for Making Friends

• A Blessing for Your Friends

Key themes: Friendship, Community, Fellowship

Digital Study Access Included: Once purchased, you will receive a code to unlock access in The Daily Grace Co. app. There, you will find devotional content, videos, questions, Scripture passages, and an engaging community of fellow believers. Learn more here!

Details: 

• This study is perfect for individuals or groups.

• Each week contains five days of study material, including daily study questions, and weekly reflection questions.

• Category: Biblical Studies/Christian Living

• Format: Paperback

• Page count: 196

• Size: 7.9” x 9.7” x 0.5”

• Weight: 1.25 lbs

• Paper type: Matte

• ISBN: 9798885231008

• SKU: 9798885231008

• Publication Date: June 2024

Interested in leading a group through Craving Community? Check out the Group Leader Kit HERE

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Study Suggestions

How to Study the Bible

The Attributes of God

Timeline of Scripture

Metanarrative of Scripture

Introduction:

What Is God’s Vision for Friendship?

WEEK 1: FRIENDS OF GOD

Week 1 Introduction + Memory Verse

Day 1: A Choice to Make

Day 2: Friendship by Faith

Day 3: The Friends God Chooses

Day 4: Transformative and Sacrificial Friendship

Day 5: The Foundation of Friendship

Day 5: End-of-Week Reflection

Days 6 + 7: Week 1 Application

WEEK 2: FRIENDS TO KEEP

Week 2 Introduction + Memory Verse

Day 1: Loyalty

Day 2: Presence

Day 3: Hospitality

Day 4: Sympathy

Day 5: Vulnerability

Day 5: End-of-Week Reflection

Days 6 + 7: Week 2 Application

WEEK 3: FRIENDS THROUGH HARDSHIP

Week 3 Introduction + Memory Verse

Day 1: Reconciling Wrongs

Day 2: How to Disagree

Day 3: Resisting Comparison

Day 4: When Friendship Ends

Day 5: Setting Healthy Boundaries

Day 5: End-of-Week Reflection

Days 6 + 7: Week 3 Application

WEEK 4: FRIENDS DAY TO DAY

Week 4 Introduction + Memory Verse

Day 1: Trusting the Giver of Friendship

Day 2: Do My Friends Have to Be Christians?

Day 3: Staying the Course of Friendship

Day 4: Friendship that Sanctifies

Day 5: The Joy of Friendship

Day 5: End-of-Week Reflection

Days 6 + 7: Week 4 Application

EXTRAS

Friendship Spotlight: Abraham and God

Miserable Comforters: Job’s Friends

Friendship Spotlight: Ruth and Naomi

A Prayer for Making Friends

A Blessing for My Friends

Friendship Spotlight: Paul and Peter

Friendship Spotlight: David and Jonathan

Friends Forever: Mourning the Death of a Friend

Practical Ways to Make New Friends

20 Questions to Grow Deeper in Friendship

Frustrated with Friendship?

Glossary

What is the Gospel?

Bibliography