02-03-2008, 12:00 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Minnesota
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Having an accountability partner, other than God and other than each other, is a good thing to have. Someone you can trust to be honest. Someone who will ask you, “How are you doing?” “Are you having any temptations?” “Do you need any prayer?” etc. You could even ask a friend to call you every day… every other day… or however often you think you need them to, and ask you how you are doing.
I too am starting a relationship and am trying to quit smoking. She was hesitant to ask how my quitting smoking was going because she has gone through that before with someone else and they said she was badgering them. I told her that I want her to ask me. I want to be held accountable. I want someone to call me on my actions if I’m doing anything wrong. I can’t do it myself, and if someone else is helping me, there is a better chance for victory.
It’s not unlike working out. If you have a partner pushing you, you are going to get better results. Being accountable to God is good, but God will not push us. He will call us and if we decide to follow, He will lead us in the right direction, but He will never force us to do anything. If we have a friend pushing and forcing us in a certain direction, we may get mad at them and not like them for a while, but in the end, we will be very grateful for their pushing.
Blessings
Dean
P.S. So… how are you doing on the quitting smoking? 
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Blessings to all
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD,
thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
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