When I was in first grade, we did an experiment with mice. We fed healthy food to one group and fed others a diet of candy and soda. Over time, the mice with the sugar diet stopped growing and became weak. At that point, we began to feed them a healthy diet, and over time they regained their health and strength.
Sometimes a lack of growth in fellow believers is due to a poor spiritual diet rather than a lack of spiritual life.
As members of the body of Christ, we must encourage each other to grow. We must encourage each other to seek God’s Kingdom and His righteousness. Are there things in your life that stunt your spiritual growth? What are they? What about in the life of your church? How about the culture in which you live?
Prayer prompts and discussion starters:
- Ask the Lord to use you to encourage other believers to grow.
- Ask God to strengthen relationships within the body of Christ so true discipleship will take place among His children.
- A missionary to Africa has asked prayer for the roots of believers in that continent to grow deep. Pray for believers worldwide to grow in spiritual maturity.
- Do you have a relationship with a believer who is spiritually more mature than you? Pray for one from whom you can learn.
- Do you have a relationship with a believer who is younger in the faith, or less mature than you? Seek one out to help them grow.
- Pray for believers to grow in love for each other – to be growth encouragers.
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