Part of spiritual maturity involves asking the Holy Spirit to reveal to you anything that is displeasing to Him. We need to be open and accountable to correction in our lives. God will use other brothers and sisters in Christ to admonish us lovingly for the purpose of spiritual growth. In addition, we need to examine ourselves in the light of scripture.
2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith, test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you - unless of course, you fail the test?
Here are some questions that we need to ask ourselves.
1. Am I consciously or unconsciously creating the impression that i am better than i really am. In other words, am i a hypocrite?
2. Do i confidently pass on to others what has been said to me in confidence?
3. Can i be trusted?
4. Am i a slave to dress, friends, work, or habit?
5. Am i self-conscious, self-pitying, or self-justifying?
6. Did the bible live in me today?
7. Am i enjoying prayer?
8. When did i last speak to someone else of my faith?
9. Do i pray about the money i spend?
10. Do i disobey God in anything?
11. Do i insist upon doing something, about which my conscience is uneasy?
12. Am i defeated in any part of my life?
13. Am i jealous, impure, critical, irritable, touchy or distrustful?
14. How do i spend my spare time?
15. Am i proud?
16. Is there anyone whom i fear, dislike, disown, criticize, hold a resentment toward or disregard? If so, what am i doing about it?
17. Do i grumble or complain consistently?
18. Is Christ real to me?
Michelle Cozins
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