Requirement 4: Receive Godly Counsel Every Christian, no matter the state of his spiritual maturity, should have a wise Christian friend with whom he can share his struggles, faults, sins, failures, and spiritual desires and hopes. Ideally, this friend will be a more spiritually mature believer who can serve as a mentor in the faith. If you do not have such a person in your life, I strongly encourage you to seek out such a person. We each must be open to receiving wise counsel, which is counsel couched