What A Friend We Have In Jesus

Friends may fail us. Enemies may work against us. But Jesus stands by us as a friend. He pours His power into us so we can finish the course He’s charted for us. “... the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me...” 2 Timothy 4:17 (NKJV) Abandoned and cold in a Roman dungeon, the Apostle Paul did not pity himself. He boasted in the loyalty of Jesus, who had proven His presence and power over and over again as Paul worked to spread the gospel. Death itself, Paul knew, was the Lord’s manner of removing him from pain into paradise.