We Really Do Need Each Other

- They used to be nominal church members. I forget how it started, but they became part of an unoffical small group in the church. (I say unofficial, because we didn't have any "official" small groups.) They met regularly with three or four other people, - studying the Bible together, praying together, encouraging each other - and it was amazing to watch the growth in their lives. The reality of the presence of Jesus began to show through their lives in a way that it never would or could if they had kept up the routine of merely coming to worship on Sunday mornings.

- She was a solid part of the church community, an exemplary Christian ... had been for years. Attended, worked, gave ... all the things people are expected to do. But she was alone ... until circumstances in life forced her to touch base with some others. She began to ask for prayer, and another unofficial small group was formed; not a "group" in the sense that it met every week, but a cadre of concerned individuals that took each others lives and needs seriously, a group who conscientiously prayed for and encouraged each other in the Lord, a group that knew they could trust one another.

I see the way people's spiritual lives bloom when they begin to trust fellow worshippers with their concerns, and I wonder "Why don't we all do that?"

Who are you praying with?
Who is praying for you?

Your church family will become a much more vibrant part of your life when you start to look on it as your family - when you start to ask each other for help, when you begin to pray and encourage each other.

We really do need each other.