Friends are important. Friends can help us grow. Friends can make you smile. The right friends can help us do those things. If a friend discourages you or makes you feel down, then that must mean that friend has no intrest in you. Also, another circumstance is if the friend is going through sadness, or is having a hard time at home, then that means the friend NEEDS encouragement. Friends don't have to be someone who lives near you, or has connection, but there is one who does just that. His name is Jesus. He's a cool guy. You might have heard that name before, but this one has a friendship everlasting! You can have that relationship too! If you need prayer to ask Jesus to come be your friend then say this prayer, "Dear Jesus, I need a friend. I need someone to tell my feelings to. I need someone whom I can rely on. Please be my friend forever and ever. I know I am a sinner and I will trust in you. Please help me to trust in you no matter what. Amen." To some people, this might of just given them a weird feeling, like, "what is she talking about anyway?" To answer your question,I am talking about a guy who came 2000 years ago and died on a cross one afternoon for doing nothing! He came and got accused of doing nothing! But they crusified him anyway. He wanted to be our friend. He wanted to pay our price for sinning and doing bad things. This guy was God's son. The one and only God. ALL of us haved sinned. And for Jesus, Nothing. Not even one bad thought. But he came down from Heaven, God's house and laid down his life for us. Its simple. If you are thinking, "if he came 2000 years ago, than how come he is alive?" Well, its not magical, but it is weird. To human nature, we think realistic. But this isn't realistic, this is what God can do with his power. So if you feel like you should ask Jesus to come into your heart, than you are welcome to say the prayer above.