25TH NOVEMBER
Proverbs 27:17
“Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.”
Don’t only work on your own spiritual life, also build up the spiritual lives of those around you!
The Bible is full of guidance on how we can grow much faster if we share in each other’s spiritual growth. When we get together with other believers, we can play a major part in helping them walk more closely with the Lord.
God wants you to learn to use your times with your brothers and sisters in Christ to encourage them spiritually, to motivate them in their times with God and in prayer, to discuss ways to more effectively share Christ with others, to serve them and help them. We miss out on so much potential growth when we only ever just “hang out” together.
Hanging out can be very restorative and stress relieving. But if we simply add a relaxed spiritual discussion to our hanging out, we will leave that time together encouraged in the Lord. And if we add a brief prayer time at the end, we will deepen our spiritual relationship with each other and the Lord even more.
MAKE IT PERSONAL
Who will you see today that you could ask about what God is teaching them, or pray together, or share about what you got from the Word today? Who could you encourage in their sharing of Christ with others? Ask God to use you to strengthen them spiritually when you get together.