Friday, August 4, 2023

Grace-Filled Accountability

I have an Egyptian friend who was once a volunteer leader in a very solid ministry. After marriage & kids, he began seeking his identity in success at work more than in Christ. We've been meeting weekly online. We've talked about how his depression is more about him responding unbiblically to life's realities than it is a chemical imbalance in his brain. We've talked about how he doesn't feel like he can talk to anyone at his church because there is little fellowship. They all attend the worship service & then leave. I met his wife and we've talked about marriage & parenting. We've talked about his heart issues related to online sexual lust. He has installed Accountable2You on his devices. Yet sometimes immoral activity online flies under the radar of A2U's "suspicious" notifications. Would you pray that he would glorify God BY enjoying Him forever, and serve God BY serving others? Also, would you (or someone you know who is not tempted by sexual immorality online) be willing to volunteer 30 minutes per week to help monitor the online activity of the Arab brothers who ask for it? I don't need to be looking at that garbage! Grace-filled accountability SHOULD be the role of the local church but... quite simply... we are not there yet... but moving in that direction. We will not see reproducing churches of gospel-centered Arab families if there is secret sexual immorality among those husbands.