>> Verses to Scan (NIV)
- Proverbs 27:6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
- Ecclesiastes 4:10-12 If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
- Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 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.
>> Websites to check
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- http://mintools.com/bodylife7.htm Reasons why accountability is so important to a Christian.
- http://www.backtothebible.org/knowgod/step10.html What an accountability friendship should look like.
- http://www.christianitytoday.com/teens/newsletter/2003/bym30517.html One girl’s perspective on the importance of accountability in her life.
- http://www.gospelcom.net/ivpress/title/exc/1454-2b.php An article about small groups.
>> Thoughts to Ponder
Here are some sample questions to keep you and your accountability partner supporting each other:
How’s your relationship with Jesus?
Have you been reading God’s Word every day?
Have you been praying every day?
In the last week, did you find yourself focusing on impure thoughts?
How’s it going with your parents and family?
Are you and your boyfriend crossing any lines of purity?
Anything holding you up in your walk with God this week?
How can I pray for you?
>> Books to Read
- Help! My Friend’s in Trouble by Susie Shellenberger, advice for helping friends who are facing difficult situations.
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