Accountability

“And so September goes by and we pay the rent and we pay for groceries with that savings account. October goes by and we pay the same deal for all of our expenses that month out of that savings account because there's nothing getting deposited into the checking account other than a little bit of money that Sarah was making. And then we get to November, same savings account pays all those bills.”

“And though we don't all like it, accountability is important in our lives. And when we build trust and relationships with others and have a spirit of accountability with one another, that accountability can help to make us better people in what we do. It's not something we're born with. We are born with deviation in us. What we need is accountability to keep us in the right place.”

“My initial experience of accountability was in my college years. I had a Sunday school small group teacher who sort of presented this idea of accountability. I said, we're going to ask each other, what? So we had this list of questions about all of our thoughts and what we'd seen.”

“And in our culture, an accountant is an honorable career. I don't know about you, but I love my accountant. My accountant keeps me straight. He makes sure that I don't pay too much money to the government. And if I do, I get it back.”

“Will Durant said, we are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit. And then accountability. We all need accountability? How do we recover character? Accountability. We seek support.”

“I don't know if you know this, but this Bible is one of the most accurate historical accounts in the world. We have more ancient manuscripts of this account than any other account of Napoleon or other historical figures that you take as fact. Why is that important?”

“What they had no idea is why, but they knew something big was coming. You see, this is a historical account of the events that happened at the very end of the life and ministry of Jesus. It tells us the truth. This account is recorded in all four gospel accounts because it is the culmination. It is the celebration.”

“Who's influencing you? And are the fruit, it is the fruit of that relationship showing up in how you live your life. Show me your friends, I'll show you what? Your future. How is it all best done? In accountability, when I hold myself accountable, to someone I actually believe cares about me. I'm not talking about accountability in the sense, did you take a drink this week? Or did you, quote, look at pornography this week?”