When I find myself in a pattern of behavior that is not God-honoring or downright sinful, I often look back to see "How did I allow myself to get to this point?"
For me, the answer seems to be the same every time: When I started abandoning my daily disciplines of prayer and Scripture reading.
So what are my discipleship partners (including my spouse, my ultimate discipleship partner) doing to keep ourselves on track?
We're reading the Bible in 90 days.
"Can you really do that?"
I think so. WGNR promotes it yearly. Can I do it? I'll let you know in September. So far, so good.
I have read the Bible from cover to cover once before. As I begin again, it is amazing to see how it all fits together, how consistent and faithful our God is, and how everything in the Old Testament points to the New Testament and the coming of Christ. I am really seeing for myself how the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is the God of Crystal, too.
Have you read the entire Bible, cover to cover? You should. Whether it's 90 days or a year, make it a priority and start today. If someone told you they had an instruction manual that would answer every situation in life you would ever face, you would want it, right?
You already have it.
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Friday, July 25, 2008
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Accountability
How do you keep yourself accountable to walking the Christian walk? Who is it in your life that holds you accountable on behalf of the Holy Spirit?
I have two sisters in Christ that I trust who are my confidants and accountability partners. These are women that I have one-on-one discipling relationships with. We have made an agreement that no areas of our lives are off-limits to each other; we share and allow each other into every part of our lives. Outside of my relationship to my husband, these relationships are the closest that I have.
With one of these sisters I have daily accountability through shared devotionals. Each day we read My Utmost for His Highest and share our reflections over email. This has been a great help for me...if I miss a devotion, my friend knows it, and she doesn't let me get by more than a day without checking in. And vice-versa! It has grown both our personal relationship, and our relationship with Christ. I have gained so much by having these women "up in my business" as we like to say.
Do you have an accountability partner? If you do, how does that relationship work? If you don't, why not?
I have two sisters in Christ that I trust who are my confidants and accountability partners. These are women that I have one-on-one discipling relationships with. We have made an agreement that no areas of our lives are off-limits to each other; we share and allow each other into every part of our lives. Outside of my relationship to my husband, these relationships are the closest that I have.
With one of these sisters I have daily accountability through shared devotionals. Each day we read My Utmost for His Highest and share our reflections over email. This has been a great help for me...if I miss a devotion, my friend knows it, and she doesn't let me get by more than a day without checking in. And vice-versa! It has grown both our personal relationship, and our relationship with Christ. I have gained so much by having these women "up in my business" as we like to say.
Do you have an accountability partner? If you do, how does that relationship work? If you don't, why not?
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