So we closed out our series on accountability last night at youth. We have discussed the importance of finding people, or friends, that will help hold us accountable for our actions and help us stay on the right track towards growing closer to Christ. We talked about the dangers of trying to face everything life throws at us on our own. Well, we actually closed out last night's lesson with a game. We played the lifesaver pass game with a few twists. I took the sticks that are used to make kabobs, skewers i think you call them and had them each put one in their mouth. THey then had to pass a lifesaver with the skewer in their mouths without using their hands at all. It was nearly impossible to do because the skewers are about 12 inches long. The winning team took about 2 minutes to pass the lifesaver. Then, I added a couple twists. We passed it around again only this time with toothpicks used to pass the lifesavers in each group. This time it was much easier, except for the fact that I had given a member of each team a bad full of funyuns that they had to eat before the passing could begin. Well, one of the guys that was trying to receive the lifesaver from the funyun eater said he couldn't breath and kept laughing hysterically and dropping the lifesaver. The game worked perfectly.

John 13:34 A new command I give you; Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

Why did the game go with accountability? Here's how, they learned that it was very easy to pass the lifesaver with teh toothpicks because they were closer, they also learned that it was easy to smell bad breath if they were closer. Moral of the story is, love one another. There is no way you can love and care for someone without pointing out their mistakes to them, and there is no way to pick out their mistakes if you aren't close to them. Take those you love and take them to the cross with you loving them every step of the way!
Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!