This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren.

Today, we continue in a series called Better Together.

In this series, Rick takes us through 1 Corinthians chapter 13 and shows us how to cultivate deep, meaningful relationships with the people around us.

In just a few moments, we're going to tell you how you can get a copy of Pastor Rick's book called God's Power to Change Your Life.

In it, you'll discover how God provides the power you need to take you from where you are to where you want to be.

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Right now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with part two of a message called How We Help Each Other Grow.

Now, here's the third practical way that you can help people grow.

Your husband, your wife, your boyfriend, anybody.

You help them grow by showing affection.

Affection. I'm talking about physical touch.

Now, you know, we've all read about babies and the failure to thrive syndrome.

That means that little infants, if they're not stroked, if they're not caressed, if they're not touched as they grow up, they don't develop.

They don't grow the way that God intended for them to grow.

Babies have to be touched. I think that's why I made them so soft.

Because you want to touch them. You know, you want to nozzle them. You want to hold them.

And they need that stimulation of skin in order to grow and develop.

Now, most people know that. It's called the failure to thrive syndrome.

What most people don't know is adults need it too.

UCLA did a study a while back and discovered that to be a healthy, fulfilled, satisfied adult,

you need eight to ten meaningful touches every day.

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