Crossroads

How are you doing in pursuing fellowship with others? Answering this question would provide yet another opportunity for you to fellowship with others. Your self-assessment might be that you’re doing great in pursuing fellowship with others, but do your friends share the same perspective? Ask your friends to assess how you are doing in pursuing fellowship. The men in my accountability group have used some of the questions below to seek input from others on how we are doing in our pursuit of fellowship:

• Do you think I humbly pursue your input? Would you characterize me as one who pursues others for their input/questions/observations?
• Am I easy to bring observations to? Why or why not?
• How often am I consistently confessing sin that you would be unaware of?
• What steps can I take to cultivate change in these areas?

Questions to Discuss as a Group:

• Has the gospel been the central truth that motivates and informs our practice and pursuit of fellowship?
• How often does my pursuit of you in fellowship begin with the gospel?
• How can we help one another to keep the gospel central in our accountability group/caregroup?
• In what ways do we forget the gospel in our group?
• What has been your greatest hindrance in the practice of fellowship?
• Why is the gospel along with a functional doctrine of sin so important to the practice of fellowship?
• What has been your experience in fellowship up until now? With your accountability group and caregroup?
• How has pride hindered you from pursuing the input of other men/women in your life?

So, how are you doing? Let’s ask others and find out!