There are business relationships that never grow any farther.

There are casual friendships where all the person wants to do is talk about the weather, sports, business, other people, and unimportant things.

There are personal friendships where all the person wants to talk about are their problems. They don’t want ANYONE helping them with those problems; they just want to gripe, complain, and gossip about them.

There are sincere friendships where the person wants help but they don’t want it from Jesus. There are also sincere friendships that want help with their issues and problems and are willing to CONSIDER getting help from Jesus, but, once they give Him a try, they decide against Him.

And, there are mentoring friendships that are willing to join you in doing HELP eMagazine. But they don’t want to spend a lot of time with it. They say all the right things and give all the right impressions; but, fall short in performance.

In dealing with business relationships that never grow any farther, it is always a matter of staying in touch with Jesus. Your time will always be limited; if you are in the wrong place, talking to the wrong person, then you are neglecting the person that Jesus wants you to be spending time with. You may like a person very much and see great potential in them; but, if Jesus knows they are not yet ready, then you need to follow His leadership.

Within casual friendships there will probably be people who are family members, close friends from school, sports, work, and other places. These may be people you love very much and want the very best for them. However, you must honor their free will just like you would anyone else. If you push them or give them unusual attention, you are mistreating them and neglecting the people Jesus wants you to spend time with.

Time and effort are always the issue; if Jesus wants you to spend time with them building a casual friendship, then it is okay. But, if you are just spending time because they are talking about things you are interested in, then it isn’t a relationship that will build God’s Kingdom.

With those personal friendships where all the person wants to talk about is their problems, and, you can tell that they don’t want ANYONE helping them with those problems, you will need to keep talking about Jesus and the things of Jesus. If this damages the relationship where they don’t want to talk to you anymore, then it is your indication that they aren’t ready.

Jesus has to decide whether they are always going to be like this or you just need to keep bringing the subject back to the fact that they need to start thinking about being helped by Jesus.

In those sincere friendships where the person wants help but they don’t want it from Jesus. They may want advice, opinions, support, or sympathy; but, when you try to take them into doing studies with you, they give excuses, resist, or keep delaying the process.

They may SINCERELY want help; they just don’t yet see Jesus as being their answer. They may be afraid of spiritual things; or, they may never want to go in that direction; you and Jesus will have to decide what to do with them. Ask Jesus to help you with questions that will assist you in finding out where they stand.

There are people who are willing to establish sincere friendships; they will want help with their issues and problems and will be willing to CONSIDER getting help from Jesus. Some of these people may be on the fence and haven’t decided how they feel about Jesus. As you try to take them into looking at the Benefits of HELP eMagazine, you will better be able to see what their problem is. If they don’t want help from Jesus, DON’T BE WILLING TO TRY SOMETHING ELSE.

With mentoring friendships there are those willing to join you in doing HELP eMagazine. But, there will be levels of commitment where some do them on a daily basis and others don’t. There will be time issues where some have a life filled with other things. You will need to help them establish priorities and help them clean out distractions. There will be circumstances that attack them, distract them, damage them, and confuse them. These types of situations will all be dealt with in The Discovery Courses.