AHHH ACCOUNTABILITY!!!

I just got off the phone with my old youth pastor, who has kept me accountable since I was 17 and in high school.

I never really knew what accountability was until I had it.

Many times this is the case, we never know till we experience it.

A few things recently that I have tried to someone else but I do not do it justice: all night halo parties, Friday night football, running through the mall to buy a new iPhone, riding the worlds highest and fastest roller coaster, my mom's chicken Parmesan, a Justice concert (my fav music right now), and how hot it was in Vegas (110 degrees) when I visited....

If you do not have accountability that is weekly. It is time to get it. You cannot do it alone. You can try it alone. I have and I couldn't stop my patterns and habits. Doing it alone is pretty boring and unsuccessful in the long run.

You need someone in your life who you can trust that is going to ask tough questions and be there for you. Some tips:

1) Pray for accountability. 

If you do not have someone asking you tough questions about porn and where you do online, ask God to show you someone who can be there for you. If you do have accountability in your life pray for God to direct you both...

2) Do not slack.

Be consistent. All too often we make these promises to God and others. Like, "man, every week we are going to get together keep each other accountable but then we never follow through.

3) Be courageous

So many times I talk to dudes who basically say, "my youth pastor keeps me accountable but i do not tell him everything." Own up and be courageous, it is way hard and it sucks to tell the truth sometimes....but you have to.

4) Find the right person

I know for me I had a couple friends I was accountable to in high school which was  good because they were my age, knew me real well and were great support. At the same time the accountability with my youth pastor was deeper. Someone who is older and wiser helps because they a different perspective than you do. Maybe find one person who is older and wiser to keep accountable, and find some buddies for support.

5) Laugh

Shawn my old youth pastor makes me laugh every time we talk and he asks me tough questions. Why so serious? right....I mean really, laugh a little, if you want more proof there is a bible verse about it...I will quote in the King James Version for those you rep KJV for life....

“There’s a time to laugh, and a time to cry.” Ecclesiastes 3:4

 “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” Proverbs 17:22

Bonus >>> In honor of the KJV. Baby Got Book Video 

Pyro Anhell wrote on August 4th 08 at 08:25PM

Hey Brandon do u only use the KJV?

brandon piety wrote on August 4th 08 at 09:43PM

nope i use multiple versions......even the hip hop bible....kidding, well kind of...

Garrett Blasingame wrote on August 5th 08 at 12:55AM

First of all, Brandon you make me wanna stab you >.>
Second, I've prayed about this, and now the only person that came to mind seems to be avoiding me now! I'm just a wee bit tweaked >.

Pyro Anhell wrote on August 5th 08 at 11:02PM

To Brandon gotcha does it really matter though?

To Garrett y do u want 2 stab Brandon?

Garrett Blasingame wrote on August 5th 08 at 11:42PM

facebook related...

Suricou Raven wrote on August 6th 08 at 04:23AM

The KJV is very hard to read in places - I usually go for the NIV first.

The main advantage of the KJV is for manipulation - it *sounds* authorative. All those thous and shalt-nots, really gives it an air of respectability via age and ancient wisdom. If you want to use underhanded and dirty tricks to make your interpretation sound valid, the KJV is the book to cheat with.

Pyro Anhell wrote on August 6th 08 at 10:33PM

To Raven

Could u please look up Acts 8:37 for me and tell me what it says?

Nigel wrote on August 6th 08 at 10:34PM

Suricou, I appreciate your insight to the problems of interpretation. However, The NIV is just an interpretation as well. In fact, even when the apostles wrote what they saw, it was interpretation. Now, obviously not all interpretations can be correct, but I think that it boils down to what makes sense, and remembering that not everything can be answered with a simple yes or no. Thank you.

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There's a group of us that loves the Lord, and can encourage you on a daily basis!

Ian wrote on August 7th 08 at 04:05AM

Wow. I can't believe I have been on youtube so long and not seen this video. Its awesome!

MT wrote on August 7th 08 at 05:18PM

Happy Birthday, Brandon. ;)

indianaguy wrote on August 7th 08 at 07:24PM

happy birthday brandon!

Kyle wrote on August 12th 08 at 01:10AM

I think accountability is the foundation to sucess, in porn and M. I am thinking of making a website that would provide people with a accountability partner. Would anyone be interested in this kind of website? My email is accountabilityneeded@hotmail.com.

Suricou Raven wrote on August 12th 08 at 04:24PM

All the translations have to have some interpretation. If you want it free of that bias, your only option is to go back to the hebrew and greek. Ancient greek at that - there are a few words that have been lost entirely, *noone* knows what those words in the bible means.

My difficulty with the KJV is that the language it translates to is half-dead as well - a lot of the old english words and phrases have fallen into such disuse that their meaning isn't clear to those not familiar with the text already.

As for Acts 8:37, it was simply revised out between translations when some historical evidence suggested it had formerly been revised in some time after the rest of the book was written. It's not the other translations just striking a verse out - it's the KJV including a verse that was later found to be fraudulent. It's not exactly a contriversial verse - both catholics and protestants can agree on it. It's just historically wrong. Someone added it to tie up a loose end.