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Home Search Topics Contact About | Examine Yourselves 4Am I concerned about souls? I John 3:17, 18 But whoso hath this world*s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Am I willing to ask the Lord to speak to me through Biblical preachers and teachers and am I willing to do what the Bible says? James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Allan Redpath: What about my relationship with men? Am I consciously or unconsciously creating the impression that I am a better man than I really am? Is there the least suspicion of hypocrisy in my life? Am I honest in all my words and acts? Do I exaggerate? Am I reliable? Can I be trusted? Do I confidentially pass on what was told to me in confidence? Do I grumble and complain in the church? Am I jealous, impure, irritable, touchy, distrustful? Am I self-conscious, self-pitying, or self-justifying? Am I proud? Do I thank God I am not as other people? Is there anyone I fear, or dislike, or criticize, or resent? If so, what am I doing about it? What about my relationship with God? Does the Bible live to me? Do I give it time to speak to me? Do I go to bed in time and do I get up in time? Am I enjoying my prayer life today? Did I enjoy it this morning? When I am involved in a problem in life, do I use my tongue or my knees about it? Am I disobeying God in anything, or insisting upon doing something about which my conscience is very uneasy? When did I last speak to someone else with the object of trying to win him for Christ? Am I a slave to books, dress, friends, work, or convention? How do I spend my spare time? To be continued. |
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