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Charles Stanley
Accountability is a relationship between believers wherein one has invited theother to monitor the development of character in one or more areas
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Chuck Swindoll
A willingness to explain your actions
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Chuck Swindoll
Opening ones life to a few carefully selected, trusted, loyal confidants whospeak the truth who have the right to examine, to question, to appraise, and to
give counsel
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The number one dilemma facing Gods men today isisolation.
When a guy is under pressure or his relationshipsare suffering or life has simply thrown him one toomany curves, he tends to keep his suffering to
himself.
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It involves war for your spiritual well being
It involves war for your spiritual effectiveness
It involves war for your impact on those closest to you.
vercoming isolation then is not about getting and
giving warm fuzzies or any occasional high-five.
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What Gods
man needs toknow is that
isolation fromother men is notjust bad, it is
deadly!
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Confess to one another therefore your faults (yourslips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and
pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed andrestored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. Theearnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous
man makes tremendous power available [dynamic inits working].
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2. Our Faults
When we choose to obeyand share our:
Our slip ups Our false steps
Our offenses
Our sins
Proverbs 27:6 Correctbrothers in love
. . . we become vulnerableto each other.
Men have a tendency to runto the hills-all-alone We dont want to deal with
our emotions We are not good at facing
our emotions
Kenny Luck states, thatwe have been trained totreat our emotions like
smelly gym socks that westash in the back of adrawer, as far away aspossible.
The wrong way men live
out their lives
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2. Our Faults
The wrong way men liveout their lives We hide and mask anger
Prov 28:13We internalize pressure
We bury losses
We deny being
woundedWe withdrawal in the
face of hard truth
We perceive openness asweakness
The wrong way men liveout their lives
We push people away We ignore facts
We deceive ourselves
We close off
We fear failureWe deflect mistakes
We hide struggles
We change the subject
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3. To One Another
A fighting partner
Guards your back
Someone to fightalongside
Galatians 6:2 Carry oneanother's burdens
The full armor (Eph. 6:13-17) Nothing on the back
need a fighting partnerto guard your back
Shield of faith 4 tall, 2 wide,
covered with 6 layers of
leather, made of wood,soaked in water. But avery unique is therewas a lip on each sideso shields could connectto each other.
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3. To One Another
No lone rangers
Ecclesiastes 4:10-12
Fighting
Two are better thanone
Two are better than one whenit comes to walking (v.10) If this applies to our physical
falls, how much more does it
apply to our spiritual walk Restore a brother
Reach out to a brother
Share the burden
Be creative
Two are better than one whenit comes to warmth (v.11)
Two are better than one whenit comes to watch care(v.12)
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Accountability is not askingsomeone to be a cop for us.The key is to choose to be
accountable; we choose thisas a lifestyle for ourselves.
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in community,
in honesty,
in real open relationships.
1 Peter 5:9 Brethren who are in the world (not ofthe world)
Ephesians 4:25 speak truth to one another
We choose to live
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Someone you Trust
Someone you let into your Life
Someone you give the right to ask tough questions
Someone you will be Honest and Open with
Someone who wants you to become more like Christ
An Accountability Partner
is:
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4. Pray For One Another
Col. 1:7
Col. 4:12
Pray
Heartfelt prayer
Continued prayer Wrestling in prayer
Laboring in prayer
Pouring out to the heartof God
Praying in faith
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5. Prayers Of A
Righteous Man Righteous Innocent,
holy, just
I like to think of Elijahwhen I want toremember how to pray
earnestly and strongly. Take a look atJames
5:16-18
"Weak prayers come from weak people;
strong prayers come from strong people.
The energetic prayers of a righteous man
are potent force in calling down the power
of God for restoring weak, struggling
believers to spiritual health."
John MacArthur
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Consider Abraham. His faith was credited to him asrighteousness.
Paul rights about this in Romans 4:21-25When we have faith in the promises of God we are
credited with righteousness.
So we can all have pray the prayers of a righteous
man and stand before God without guilt becauseJesus bore it and buried it upon the cross.
Who is Righteous?
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6. That You May Be Healed
and Restored[to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]
Results of confession
Healing
Restored to a spiritualtone of mind
Restored to a spiritual
tone of heartGalatians 6:1
They should help youbecome the man Godcreated you to be
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I Samuel 13:19-21
The Israelites went to the Philistines to have their tools
sharpened, because they had no blacksmith.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
Proverbs 27:17We cant go to unbelievers and expect to be
sharpened. We have to be sharpened by ourbelieving brothers.
7. Iron Sharpens Iron
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Let me stress; that you need to get and stay accountable toa gracious and loving person (or group), bringing
everything you do into the light with them. Pray with them
and meet with them weekly if possible. Dont keep silentabout your sins and failures-no matter what happens.Practicing active accountability will help you live in the
light every day with Jesus and with your brother in Christ!The healing will begin.
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