I hope you are putting some of the great tools for growing spiritually in place in your life. So far this week we’ve talked about growing in faith, continual planting the Word in our lives for continual harvest, the importance of nurturing your soil, and yesterday was about being a part of a small group where you get to study the Bible. Today we’re going to talk about having a prayer partner. My main prayer partner is my workout buddy too, so we get to not only get to exercise together, we get to grow together spiritually. It really “works out(!)” wonderfully! We meet 2-4 times a week, so not too much escapes the other. We know about family, children, parents, work issues, you name it, we have prayed for it. Because we have a similar bent – we both do counseling, as well as teaching and encouraging – we often pray for each other in dealing with some of the heavy situations we encounter. It is a great meeting of the minds, and two minds really do better than one. When you put the mind of Christ in the mix, it is even better! It is great to have someone to learn from, someone to dialog together with and then know that she will go to God on my behalf when she prays for me. If you don’t have a prayer partner, I would highly recommend it. Sometimes your spouse may be a great partner in prayer. Why not ask them? Sometimes in your group of friends you will feel a heart connection with one who will specifically pray for you and you for them. Some precautions: the only time a prayer partner should be of the opposite sex is when they are your spouse or in some cases your sibling. (I often ask my brother to pray for me, and he does the same with me) So in most cases, it is important to connect in prayer with someone of the same sex. It is a very good guideline to keep. I encourage you if you don’t have a prayer partner already, to ask God to help you find one. Prayer partners can help you grow up spiritually, and now is a great time to commit to find ways to develop our spiritual life.