accountable to our actions

Last Friday (11/9/07) we had a very pleasant surprise. One of the youth brought in their Nintendo Wii and it's just too much fun not to play! That took up quite a bit of our time. In between playing sessions though, we followed up on actions that we discussed the previous Friday and talked a bit about accountability.

You can refer to our earlier blog called "our actions" to read about what we did the previous week, but in short, they obviously mean much. We referred to a short passage in James and also took the time to think of specific actions to serve people in our home, church, school, and neighborhood.

We revisited those actions. I challenged the youth to pick one action in one of those categories that they are willing to do this week. And I encouraged them being accountable to each other. I will be calling them during the week, but my hope is that they will encourage each other when they see each other. And I said they can challenge and encourage me to make sure I follow through.

Accountability is important in the community of believers. We are not meant to go through this journey alone. In fact, we will be talking about community this upcoming Sunday (11/18). It says in Proverbs, amongst other places, how much more a group of believers can do together as opposed to someone alone.

So let's grow together. Let's encourage one another. Let's build this community at church and youth group.