Will you be my fwend?

This weekend - in going through the study at D-now - the topic of accountibility partners arose. I told the girls I'd love to see for a strong accountibility program within the youth group - where each person is matched up with someone or maybe 2 people and we have a time before service - where we can talk with our friends about how our walks with Christ are going....struggles we may be having...etc. If you aren't a christian yet, you can be paired with someone who you can go to with questions that you may have.

Read Galations 6: 1-2. We all stumble, we all fall....we need someone who loves us to be there to let us know - through the love of Christ (rather than judgement) - that we need to take a U-turn, hop on a different train, take a different path. Also, take a look at Hebrews 10:24. We need to be there for one another - to encourage one another - guide each other to live our lives for Christ.

Read John 3:19-21. One of the main benefits that I have seen in accountibility partners is the ability to talk about sins that we struggle with. Sin is dark. It grows in us when we keep it inside. Yet, when we talk about it - with a person who we trust and we know cares about us - we expose that sin to light. It takes away power that the sin had. When we talk about it - we are admitting it's a problem....we are saying that we want to make a change.....we are saying that we want Christ to help us. Christ is the perfect solution to a dark sin. Christ is light and has the power to wash it away.

So....think about it. Pray about it. Would you be interested in having an accountibility partner? Let me know.

See you all at Illuminate tonight :)