It’s in the setting of other believers, that God then calls you to operate along several new lines of accountability. The point is, no one stands alone. No one’s autonomous. Your lifestyle is subject to the accountability by God you and the Body (Other Believers in Christ). (Matthew 18) Accountability happens best in small groups. It happens best when people make the commitment to regularly get together and help each other live life under God and His Word.
In your small group or an held responsible Christian, Begin by Reading or studying a passage; you can review some verses you’re memorizing together. If you start with something from God’s Word as the focus of your thoughts then God’s ideas become central.
Praying together is vital. Spend time allowing each person to open their heart and share needs. Pray specifically and definitely for each other by name when you meet and pray for your fellow members during the week. Then share your lives with each other. How you are doing: How you’re walking with God. What are the victories, battles, temptations, relationships with spouse, friends, family, and unbelievers?
Praying together is vital. Spend time allowing each person to open their heart and share needs. Pray specifically and definitely for each other by name when you meet and pray for your fellow members during the week. Then share your lives with each other. How you are doing: How you’re walking with God. What are the victories, battles, temptations, relationships with spouse, friends, family, and unbelievers?
The tendency each one has is to protect their comfort zones and build up layers of self-protection. Remember you are not engaging in accountability to impress each other.
You’re not involved to judge and condemn others. Practice grace and acceptance, even when people blow it. That doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be challenges, refraining, even to rebuke one another, but do everything with love and gentleness. Guard your tongue. You can’t be God’s instrument in someone’s life to help them mature if you don’t guard against gossip and being critical. What you talk about in accountability private time should concern the people present, not other people and it has to be kept in strict confidence. Everybody in your accountability group needs to have feelings that they can trust the others.
Finally, be faithful and dependable. Don’t start accountability if you don’t have the commitment to meet every time, to do assignments, to show up on time and to follow through with others who need you to check back with them.
Ask the question: If you or another in your group (began to wander), what would hold you or them back? Secondly if you (wandered), who would come after you or who knows you and loves you enough to recognize symptoms and come after you? To Not let you go without a fight?
You’re not involved to judge and condemn others. Practice grace and acceptance, even when people blow it. That doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be challenges, refraining, even to rebuke one another, but do everything with love and gentleness. Guard your tongue. You can’t be God’s instrument in someone’s life to help them mature if you don’t guard against gossip and being critical. What you talk about in accountability private time should concern the people present, not other people and it has to be kept in strict confidence. Everybody in your accountability group needs to have feelings that they can trust the others.
Finally, be faithful and dependable. Don’t start accountability if you don’t have the commitment to meet every time, to do assignments, to show up on time and to follow through with others who need you to check back with them.
Ask the question: If you or another in your group (began to wander), what would hold you or them back? Secondly if you (wandered), who would come after you or who knows you and loves you enough to recognize symptoms and come after you? To Not let you go without a fight?
Get going. Make the decision. Open your life. You can help each other stay on track. You can help each other have an impact. Find a person. Find a few people. Make the commitments. And watch God work. (Part 2 of 2)
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