Questions
In Jeremiah 5 the prophet calls out a lack of godliness, gratitude, faithfulness and concern in the people of God. The genuine can be tested and God will see it is proved. Jeremiah challenges us to not become like 6th century Judah. They looked and sounded like God-followers, but refused correction, and repeatedly side-stepped God in the pursuit of lesser ‘gods.’
I held this alongside the rich resource of twenty-two questions which the members of John Wesley’s Holy Club asked themselves every day in their private devotions over 200 years ago. May these challenge, nourish & strengthen you?
Am I consciously or unconsciously creating the impression that I am better than I really am? In other words, am I a hypocrite?
Am I honest in all my acts and words, or do I exaggerate?
Do I confidentially pass on to another what was told to me in confidence?
Can I be trusted?
Am I a slave to dress, friends, work, or habits?
Am I self-conscious, self-pitying, or self-justifying?
Did the Bible live in me today?
Do I give it time to speak to me every day?
Am I enjoying prayer?
When did I last speak to someone else about my faith?
Do I pray about the money I spend?
Do I get to bed on time and get up on time?
Do I disobey God in anything?
Do I insist upon doing something about which my conscience is uneasy?
Am I defeated in any part of my life?
Am I jealous, impure, critical, irritable, touchy, or distrustful?
How do I spend my spare time?
Am I proud?
Do I thank God that I am not as other people, especially as the Pharisees who despised the publican?
Is there anyone whom I fear, dislike, disown, criticise, hold a resentment toward or disregard? If so, what am I doing about it?
Do I grumble or complain constantly?
Is Christ real to me?