This document outlines the characteristics of a good friend based on a sermon by Pastor Marty Duncan. It describes a friend as a companion who likes you for who you are and shares your interests, as a collaborator who supports you through life's challenges, and as a confidant who is trustworthy, defends you from attacks, and loves you. It encourages the reader to make friendship a priority, open up to close friends, offer help without waiting to be asked, and to never take friendships for granted.