Way back when I started working with Agape and Athletes in Action, I was given this set of questions to help keep the women I was discipling (and myself) accountable. We live in a world where anything goes, and where we are encouraged to do what feels good. But that's not how we are called to live if we are living for God. We are called to live apart and differently. We are called to live righteousness and holy lives so that others can see Christ through us. By asking ourselves these questions we can keep track of how we are living and what people around us are seeing. I'm not sure where the questions come from so I can't give credit where it is due - so if you do know, please pass on my thanks!
JESUS
1. How would you describe your relationship with God at the moment?
2. Have you desire to develop your relationship?
3. How are you growing?
PRAYER
4. In what ways are you engaging in prayer:
- on your own?
- with others?
- with the church?
5. What do you feel you are currently neglecting to pray for?
6. How do you listen when you pray?
BIBLE
7. What have you found in your Bible reading to be helpful recently? Or how are you struggling with this?
8. How do you interact with the Bible? (eg Listen to it, read, study, meditate, memorise, speak out)
GOD'S DIRECTION
9. What do you sense God is saying into your life at the moment?
10. What big decisions or issues are currently facing?
11. What had God put on your heart regarding your future?
12. How are you working towards that?
RELATIONSHIPS - ATTITUDES
13. Do you have a critical attitude towards any person or thing?
14. Is there anyone you dislike to hear praised or well spoken of?
15. Is there anyone you are justifying a wrong attitude towards?
RELATIONSHIPS - ENCOURAGEMENT
16. Do you tend to look for and point out people's strengths or weaknesses?
17. Who are the people you should be personally encouraging? At work? At home? At church? In your community?
RELATIONSHIPS - SPEECH
18. Do you complain?
19. Are you irritable or cranky?
20. Do you swear?
21. Do you gossip?
22. Do you get angry, either in public or secretly?
23. Are you ever harsh or unkind?
RELATIONSHIPS - PEOPLE
25. Which relationships are working well (spouse, kids, family, house-mates, at work, at church, leisure, romance)?
26. In which relationship do you have difficulty?
MONEY
27. What is your motivation for giving?
28. Do you give regularly in a planned way, proportionally, generously and cheerfully?
WORK
29. How do you honour God in your work?
30. How do you express your faith through your work?
31. Are there currently any moral dilemmas at work?
32. Who are you struggling with at work?
33. What are your current challenges at work?
TEMPTATION
34. Have you drawn clear lines for your physical relationship?
35. Are you struggling with any addictive behaviour?
36. Is there anything that you are doing that you shouldn't be doing?
SERVING
37. What have you learnt about your gifting and how it is expressed:
- in the church
- in the world
38. Whose lives are you currently invested in and how?
39. Do you see your fundamental identity as a servant of Christ and His body the church?
40. Do you have an open and willing heart when asked to do something or you see a need?
41. How have you served the interests of others recently?
42. Do any of the following interfere with your surrender and service to God? Ambition, pleasures, loved ones, friendships, desire for recognition, money, your own plans
CHURCH
43. Do you attend church regularly?
PERSONAL WITNESS
44. Who are the 3-5 people you are/could pastor and pray for in your workplace?
45. What acts of kindness could you demonstrate to each?
46. How have you tried to share your faith in both word and deed recently?
47. Have you answered honestly?
I hope these help you. They certainly help me to keep track of what I'm putting ahead of God and my relationship with Him.
Keep shining xxx
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