Some Serious Questions for Our Readers

While we will continue to address theological issues that Christians throughout the history of the church have debated I do believe that it is good and healthy from time to time to just take a "time out" and check up on some things in our own personal lives. Allow me to take a break from splitting theological and hermeneutical hairs and ask some very practical questions to those who read this blog:

How has your time in the Word been so far this week?

Are you growing as a result of your own personal devotions and prayer life?

Are you praying for unsaved people?

Are you praying for those who are sick?

Are you praying for the bereaved?

Are you praying for your church leadership?

How is your service and attendance in your local church?

Do you attend your local church or do you belong to your local church?

Are you currently witnessing to anyone or building a relationship with someone you know is lost in order to share the Good News of the gospel with them?

Are you interacting with your neighbors in your community?

Husbands - are you humbling serving your wives and loving them as Christ loved the Church?

Husbands - are you providing the spiritual leadership in your home that God has specifically commanded you to provide?

Wives - are you submissive to your husbands as to the Lord?

Wives - if you are married to an unbeliever are you trying to win them with your conduct (I Peter 3:1)?

Married (and or engaged) couples - do you pray together, read Scripture together, talk about God's work in your lives together, serve together, and encourage and edify others together?

Are you growing in the area of personal and sexual purity by holding yourself accountable and practicing personal holiness in your public and private life by God's grace?

Are you practicing generosity in your own life by liberally giving to others and supporting your local church with the increase that God provides?

Do you gossip more than you encourage?

Do you complain more than you praise?

Do you look forward to your time in the Word, prayer, worship, hearing the Word preached, fellowshipping with God's people and being convicted by the Holy Spirit?

Do you still believe that Scripture is totally sufficient to deal with all things pertaining to life and godliness?

Are you doing anything about the changes that you know God wants you to make in your life?

Are you looking for opportunities to minister to others?

How are your relationships with members of the opposite sex?

Do you still understand that sin offends a holy and righteous God?

Are you seeking forgiveness and reconciliation with those that you have hurt and offended?

Are you holding bitterness inside against someone and refusing to forgive someone who has wronged you and has sought forgiveness from you?

Are you a Calvinist....You DO NOT have to answer that one...just making sure you are still following along.


Parents - are you raising your children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord?