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Bearing Fruit

March 9, 2007 |

I love our care group. We’ve been together for over three years, and the growth in the members has been wonderful. Different from what I’m used to. I usually lead groups of challenging people, but this is a group of more mature people. We study for a month to six weeks, and then take a week or two off for extended prayer, sharing, and potlucks. It’s a casual schedule and we flex to meet the needs of the members. We break almost every rule I’ve held dear, but the group works because of the commitment and maturity of the members.

One important thing we’ve done is commit to the families of the members. We all have kidults. Several have just graduated from college, one just finished high school, two have recently married, and one is engaged. Others are trying to figure out their next moves. We’ve prayed them through all of these milestones.  In fact, our son and the daughter of another couple were married just one day apart last summer. Many of our prayers center on the kids—and we’re delighted with the fruit.

One of the delightful results of this is that many of the kidults look to the members of the group for advice, counsel, and prayer. When they’re facing an important decision, they’re quick to tell their parents, “Ask the care group to pray.” And we do. And in addition to receiving prayer, many seek counsel from their parents’ friends.

We had a great experience this past week. One of the young men is engaged. We don’t know him well because he’s been off at school and then work the whole time we’re been together. But we’ve prayed for him and his fiancé. This week she and her mom were in town, so they joined us. As soon as they walked in the door, they were family. Now we can pray even more effectively for them.

Yep, I love our care group.


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