Comments on: Accountability

By: A Christian Blog » Invest and Invite

A Christian Blog » Invest and Invite — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 15:18:46 +0000

[...] 1. Start with Yourself. I love the quote out of the book by Harry Firestone, “You get the best out of others, when you give the best of yourself.” Make sure your emotionally healthy and happy. The task at hand involves sharing this happiness with others and showing them Jesus through you and your actions. Remember that investing and inviting a peer will require accountability. [...]

By: susanlprince

susanlprince — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:50:30 +0000

1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

Hebrews 3:13
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

Hebrews 10:25
Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

It is Biblical to encourage one another, to have an accountability partner.

By: Lem

Lem — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:15:14 +0000

James 5:16
16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

This is something all of us should practice and it is made evident in James 5:16. However, this is harder than you think just for the fact that we all mess up and don’t like being corrected. This is something I definately need to work on is saying “Hey I messed up” Anyway this is a very good topic to discuss. I am interested in seeing what the other people on the site think about it. See ya later.