"Immanuel" - God With Us:
Jesus is with you as your Friend
1 Jn. 4:19 “We love Him [God], because He first loved us.”
Prov. 18:24 “A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”
Jn. 15:15 “I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from My Father I have made known to you. ”
Heb. 13:5 “ ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’ ”
Gen. 28:15, “I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
Dt. 31:6 “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Josh. 1:5 “No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
1 Chron. 28:20 “David also said to Solomon his son, ‘Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the Lord is finished.’ ”
Ps. 37:28 “For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake His faithful ones.”
Isa. 41:10 “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”
Mt. 11:19 “The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and ‘sinners.’ ”
What God is looking for from us, for being our friend
Jn. 15:14 “You are My friends if you do what I command.”
Jn. 14:15 “If you love Me, you will obey what I command.”
Jam. 2:23 “… ‘Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,’ and he was called God's friend.”
Prov. 22:11 “He who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious will have the king for his friend.”
Prov. 27:10 “Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you — better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.”
Song of Solomon 5:16 “His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my lover, this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.”
Jam. 4:4, “Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.”