A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
Becoming Family requires you to be all in.
Ruth 1:16 NIV
But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.
Ruth was saying she is committed, if you’re going to be a brother in a time of difficulty then you can’t waiver when the going gets tough. That’s when you’re needed the most.
2. Becoming Family means that you are kind to them.
Job 6:14 NIV
“Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
When we are just turds to one another, we aren’t only forsaking the individual. We are forsaking the “fear” of the Lord.
3. Becoming Family means people can count on you.
Proverbs 18:24 NIV
One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
