look at these verses, ecclesiastes
4.9-11 (gnt), two are better off than
one, [two people] because together…if
one of them falls down, [like to temptation, stumbles and sins or whatever] the other can help him up. but if someone is alone…there is no one to
help him.
and the next verse in james 5.16 (tlb), admit your faults to one another [that means to your accountability partner] and pray for each other [that’s your accountability partner] so that you may be healed.
the fact is GOD has wired us to need each other.
what we’re talking about here is called authenticity, when i share my private or personal sin with one other person. you don’t have to do it to the whole world. you don’t have to put up a billboard. just one other person who will accept you unconditionally and you will accept them. you love them and they love you and they will be in your corner. a friend walks in when everybody else walks out.
now when you tell a friend your sin they don’t rub it in, they rub it out. they say, “you’re a good egg even if you are a little cracked.” that’s what friends do. and everybody needs one friend like that. you don’t need a whole lot of friends. but you need some who say i’m going to love you and i’m on your side no matter what you’ve done. that’s what’s called CHRISTian friendship.
you need somebody who says i’m on your side and i want to help you break free from it. i’m going to hold you accountable and you hold me. we’ll check up on each other. we’ll encourage each other.
when you’re honest… when i’m honest with you about a sin in my life that’s called authenticity. when you’re honest with one other person you’re no longer a fake. you’re no longer a phony. you’re no longer a hypocrite. you’re no longer play-acting. you’re real. you’re authentic. you’re doing the real thing. you’re keeping it real by being authentic.
just a thought from the front porch…
and the next verse in james 5.16 (tlb), admit your faults to one another [that means to your accountability partner] and pray for each other [that’s your accountability partner] so that you may be healed.
the fact is GOD has wired us to need each other.
what we’re talking about here is called authenticity, when i share my private or personal sin with one other person. you don’t have to do it to the whole world. you don’t have to put up a billboard. just one other person who will accept you unconditionally and you will accept them. you love them and they love you and they will be in your corner. a friend walks in when everybody else walks out.
now when you tell a friend your sin they don’t rub it in, they rub it out. they say, “you’re a good egg even if you are a little cracked.” that’s what friends do. and everybody needs one friend like that. you don’t need a whole lot of friends. but you need some who say i’m going to love you and i’m on your side no matter what you’ve done. that’s what’s called CHRISTian friendship.
you need somebody who says i’m on your side and i want to help you break free from it. i’m going to hold you accountable and you hold me. we’ll check up on each other. we’ll encourage each other.
when you’re honest… when i’m honest with you about a sin in my life that’s called authenticity. when you’re honest with one other person you’re no longer a fake. you’re no longer a phony. you’re no longer a hypocrite. you’re no longer play-acting. you’re real. you’re authentic. you’re doing the real thing. you’re keeping it real by being authentic.
just a thought from the front porch…
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