Appendix: Questions for Self-Examination
1. Have I been fervent in prayer? Was there warmth? access?
2. Have I prayed at my stated times? with my family?
3. Have I practiced God’s presence, at least every hour?
4. Have I, before every deliberate action or conversation, considered how it might be turned to God’s glory?
5. Have I sought to center conversations on the other person’s interests and needs and ultimately toward God, or did I turn them toward my own interests?
6. Have I given thanks to God after every pleasant occurrence or time?
7. Have I thought or spoken unkindly of anyone?
8. Have I been careful to avoid proud thoughts or comparing myself to others? Have I done things just for appearance? Have I mused on my own fame or acclaim?
9. Have I been sensitive, warm, and cheerful toward everyone?
10. Have I been impure in my thoughts or glances?
11. Have I confessed sins toward God and others swiftly?
12. Have I over- or under-eaten, -slept, -worked?
13. Have I twisted the truth to look good?
14. Have I been leading in my home, or only reacting to situations?
In his set of questions for self-examination, the late Jack Miller gets right to the point: *
1. Is God working in your life?
2. Have you been repenting of your sin lately?
3. Are you building your life on Christ’s free justification or are you insecure and guilt-ridden?
4. Have you done anything simply because you love Jesus?
5. Have you stopped anything simply because you love Jesus?
If we are honest, the answer to all these questions is no.
This simply helps us name what we tend to ignore.
2 comments:
Thanks for posting the excerpt and link to Higgins...it was a very helpful article and I agree with you that we do tend to ignore these questions and gloss over them. I just posted something related about it at my own blog. BTW, I missed seeing you this past weekend. We were down on the coast to visit and take the kids to a couple parades. Hope all is going well in Houston.
so is this supposed to be some sort of test you can pass? Go ahead and give me an F++ on these questions. What a great reminder of our imperfections.
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