Accountability is often more difficult than it needs to be. One of the biggest reasons for that is because a lot of us haven't learned how to handle confrontation and correction without taking it personally.

Like Mary, we devote ourselves to habits of study of the Scriptures, which is part of "devoting ourselves to the apostles' teaching," following the pattern of the disciples in the book of Acts, and building the kingdom in the same way they did, with the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.