Scriptural Focus: John 15:12-17 God who is is also the God who Deuteronomy 10:14-15 Friendship with Jesus Is Rooted in His . Love each other as I have loved you. John 15:12 Friendship with Jesus Is a Life of Closeness and . “Everything I learned from my Father I have made known to you.” John 15:15 Friendship with Jesus Forms Among Us. “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.” John 15:12 “This is my command: Love each other.” John 15:17 “Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers met together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be, were they to become ‘unity’ conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship.” ― A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine Where am I living in “proximity” rather than friendship with Jesus? What might it look like for me to take one step closer this week? How is Jesus inviting me to grow in Christ-shaped friendship with someone in the church? Is there someone that God might be showing me to connect with this week? Journal a Prayer