One of the most precious things about life is the gift of friendship. Receiving a kind word from a friend can make all the difference in your day. Good friends believe the best about you and often have an inspired, beautifully timed way of expressing it. The sincere words of an encouraging friend bring life.

As you read these devotions and Scriptures, be inspired to live with gratitude in your heart and praise on your lips. Meditate on friendships that produce life and peace. Evaluate each day in the light of God's truth and thank him for your good friends. As you quiet yourself before him, be filled with his life-giving joy so you can pour it out on others.

Speak life into a friend each day of the year and brighten the world with love.