Accountability is essential for any society to function and ministerial accountability is no different. We are all held accountable in one way or another. For example, there are laws to obey and if we fail to be obedient, we may have to suffer the consequences set by the officials who hold us accountable. Accountability is simply being responsible for one’s actions.
In the church, we as ministers are accountable firstly to God and then to our families, congregations, ministerial organization, and even our fields of labor. An important aspect of accountability …

Matthew 6:1-4
1.Giving

a.Time
b.Treasures
c.Talents

Matthew 6:5-15
2.Prayer

a.Prayer is a private thing. (5-6)
b.Pray specifically (7-8)
c.Patterned prayer (9-13)
d.Forgiveness is essential to answered prayer (14-15)

Matthew 6:16-24
3.Fasting

a.Fasting is a private matter (16-18)
b.Remember where your treasure is (19-21)
c.Fasting is for refocusing and purging (22-24)

Matthew 6:25-34
4.Trust

a.Worry Won’t Work (25-31)
b.Be separate (32-34)

Matthew 7:1-7
5.Do not Judge Others

a.Attitude is important in the church
b.Deal with your own sin – Let God deal with everyone else