Accountability Check-up questions

I was cleaning my desk this morning, and came across a note card from Man In The Mirror that has an ‘Accountability Check-Up’ list on it. Basically, it’s a list of questions that can be used as a guide as your meeting with another guy to talk about life, what’s going well in your spiritual walk, where you’re struggling, etc. It’s not necessary to ask every question every time you get together, but you should cover every area. I’ve included the list below, or you can go to their website for more information.

Coming across it today was a good reminder that I should think about these things when I’m getting together with my friends, and that I need to be willing and able to be honest about these areas.  I also need to make sure I’m asking these questions of them, as well, because “…As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17)

The Weekly One-Hour Accountability CheckUp
Questions to Start

• How has God blessed you this week? (What went right?)
  
• What problem has consumed your thoughts this week? (What went wrong?)

Spiritual Life

• God’s Word Have you read it consistently? (How many days? How long? Why not? Will you next week?) What has God been teaching you?
  
• Prayer Describe your prayers for yourself, for others, praise, confession, gratitude. How is your relationship with Christ evolving?
  
• Temptation How have you been tempted this week? How did you respond?
  
• Confession Do you have any unconfessed sin in your life?
  
• Worship Did you worship in church this week? (Was your faith in Jesus strengthened? Was He honored?)
  
• Witness Have you shared your faith? In what ways? How can you improve?

Home Life

• Wife How is it going with your wife? (time, meaningful conversation, attitudes, intimacy, irritations, disappointments, her relationship with Christ)
  
• Children How is it going with your children? (giving encouragement, quantity and quality time, values, education, spiritual welfare)
  
• Finances How are your finances doing? (debts, sharing, saving, spending, stewardship)
  
• Time How have you invested your time around the house?

Work Life

• Job How are things going? (career progress, relationships, temptations, work load, stress, problems, working too much?)

Critical Concerns

• God’s Will Do you feel you are in the center of God’s will? Do you sense His peace?
  
• Thought Life What are you wrestling with in secret?
  
• Service What have you done for someone else this week which can’t be repaid? (the poor, encouragement, mercy, service to others)
  
• Priorities Are your priorities in the right order?
  
• Integrity Is your moral and ethical behavior as it should be?
  
• High-Risk How are you doing in your personal high-risk area?
  
• Transparency Is the “visible” you and the “real” you consistent in our relationship? (if not, in what ways?)

Prayer

• Close the one-hour accountability check-up with ten to fifteen minutes of prayer. Focus on concerns of the week.