{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Falexandria-covenant-church.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fmission-friends-oXHX_rc3","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Mission Friends","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ce58198e-54ee-479d-94f1-4d520f7901af/ec0ec9de-f5df-4172-89c6-d9fe5492ea8f/app-20icon-20-1.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/c0080a1d-9fab-439d-a136-ef4aa11b857e\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Mission Friends\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Friendships are an important part of life. For the Christian, our new life in Christ not only brings us into God's forever family, but we also become mission friends. Friends can make our quality of life better by providing companionship, comfort, encouragement, and accountability. Solomon (wisest man to ever live) once said of the value of friends, \"a person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.\""}