James 5:16 “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other.”
Did you follow through on yesterday? If not, here’s a second day on the issue of accountability, in case you needed another prod to act on it. If you’re still resistant, maybe you identify with George Barna’s assessment below:
“The postmodern insistence on tolerance is winning over the Christian church. Our biblical illiteracy and lack of spiritual confidence has caused us to avoid making discerning choices for fear of being labelled judgmental. The result is a Church that has become tolerant of a vast array of morally and spiritually dubious behaviors and philosophies. This increased leniency is made possible by the very limited accountability that occurs within the body of Christ. There are fewer and fewer issues that Christians believe churches should be dogmatic about. The idea of love has been redefined to mean the absence of conflict and confrontation, as if there are no moral absolutes that are worth fighting for.”
The choice is ours, and it requires honesty: do I want to fire on all cylinders, be as spiritually effective as possible, and live a disciplined life of fruitfulness, or will I settle for less than God’s best for me? Please make a good choice. The stakes are high. And if you don’t know how to go about it when you meet up with your key people, Richard Foster offers us five questions to ask each other in the group:
• What experiences of prayer and meditation have you had this week?
• What temptations did you face this week?
• What movements of the Holy Spirit did you experience this week?
• What opportunities to serve others have you had this week?
• In what ways have you encountered Christ in your study of the Bible this week?
Do that, and you’ll be flying! Here’s praying you commit to establishing and maintaining such a group of accountability.
Lord, in all honesty I can/can’t be bothered to do this. Draw me closer to you and others today. Amen!
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