✖7 marks of real friendship✖

7 marks of real friendship

1.mutual commitment

The key to friendship is not the unity of bodies but the unity of spirit

2.sacrificial love

"Go in peace for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the Lord,saying 'The Lord is witness between you and me,and betwen your descendants and my desendants forever."
(I Samuel 20:41-42)

3.openness and honesty

Friends do not pretend about themselves or others and do not desire or need to cover up their struggles or failings.

4.service

The willingness to take risks,to trust someone with our life,to be wiling to do whatever he or she needs,is a mark of real friendship

5.God-centredness

God plays a role in ours friendship.This principle is applies to all our friendships,whether we share the same Christian faith or not.

6.interdependence

Dependency is not a good thing.Interdependency, however, is

7.willing to let go

Having sworn friendship,David and Jonathan part and go in differnt directions to follow God's call
(I Samuel 20:42)

Extracted from  the relationships revolution written by:Nigel D.Pollock

am i ready to pay the price of being a real friend?