{"id":2541,"date":"2009-02-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/contentfeeds\/2009\/02\/bill-hybels-day-10-being-a-fri.html"},"modified":"2009-02-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T00:00:00","slug":"bill-hybels-day-10-being-a-fri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/contentfeeds\/2009\/02\/bill-hybels-day-10-being-a-fri.html","title":{"rendered":"Bill Hybels Day 10: Being a Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to Beliefnet’s exclusive Bill Hybels devotional, “Living with Grander Vision.” This feed will appear in your profile every day for three full weeks. Did you miss any entries? Just stay subscribed, and the feed will begin again at the end of its cycle. <\/strong>
\nIs my love quotient on the rise or on the decline?<\/i>
\nIt’s a question I frequently ask myself, because my “love” line is always<\/i> either going up or going down. Whenever I sense my heart shriveling, my capacity for care dwindling, my attention to people waning, I sit still until I get things sorted out.<\/p>\n

Am I becoming more dedicated to befriending those God puts in my path … or less?
\nMore devoted to loving at all times (Proverbs 17:17<\/a>) … or less?
\nMore determined to helping those who fall get right back up (Ecclesiastes 4:10<\/a>) … or less?
\nMore committed to laying down my life for my friends (John 15:13<\/a>) … or less?<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As far as I know, there are only two ways for the line to go–up or down. Which way will yours go today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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