How to Build Weekly Accountability Questions Around The Pursuit of God

Short answer: Weekly accountability questions around The Pursuit of God should be few, repeatable, specific, and tied to obedience—not a spiritual scorecard. The best questions review what the person said he or she would do, expose barriers honestly, reconnect the chapter to Scripture, and identify one next step.

Accountability should review obedience, not police spirituality

Accountability becomes unhealthy when it is mainly surveillance, comparison, or pressure to appear successful. Biblical accountability is relational truth-telling that helps believers encourage, correct, and strengthen one another.

A Tozer study creates natural opportunities because each chapter presses toward response. The leader can move from “What did you think?” to “What did you do with what you learned?”

Build questions around four categories

1. Remember

“What truth from last week’s chapter stayed with you?”

This checks whether the material remained active after the meeting.

2. Obey

“What action did you say you would take, and what happened?”

Ask about the specific commitment made last week. Avoid letting every meeting begin with a completely new goal.

3. Diagnose

“What made obedience difficult—fear, distraction, schedule, unbelief, attachment, conflict, or something else?”

The purpose is not excuse-making. It is identifying the real barrier.

4. Continue

“What is your next faithful step before we meet again?”

Keep it observable and realistic.

Add chapter-specific questions

The repeatable four questions create continuity, but one chapter-specific question can deepen the review.

Examples:

Chapter 2: What possession, relationship, ambition, or outcome was hardest to hold open-handedly?
Chapter 5: When did you intentionally remember God’s presence during ordinary work?
Chapter 7: What captured your attention most often this week?
Chapter 9: Where did you feel the need to defend your image or reputation?
Chapter 10: What ordinary task did you consciously offer to God?

Use a simple accountability record

Each participant can keep four lines:

Truth:
Action:
Barrier:
Next review date:

That is enough. The system should serve the relationship, not become another assignment to maintain.

Ask about grace as well as failure

Do not ask only, “Where did you fail?” Also ask:

Where did you see God’s help?
What became easier?
What truth encouraged you?
What evidence of growth should we thank God for?

Accountability without gratitude can become performance-based Christianity.

Know what not to demand publicly

Sensitive areas involving marriage, sexual sin, trauma, addiction, mental health, finances, or abuse may require private conversation and appropriate qualified help. A group should not pressure people to disclose details beyond what is wise and safe.

A ten-week repeatable set

At the beginning of each meeting:

What did you commit to last week?
What happened?
What helped or hindered you?
What do you need prayer for?

At the end:

What one response will you practice this week?
Who will ask you about it next time?

This creates a culture where application is normal but grace remains central.

Go deeper

The study edition can provide chapter questions and application prompts; use weekly accountability to review the response rather than simply complete the pages: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVJFFS1J