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SPIRITUAL LIFE INVENTORYThe Spiritual Life Inventory complements the ideas and behaviors described in Janet O. Hagberg & Rev. Dr. Robert Guelich’s b. ok The Critical Journey. In The Critical Journey, they define seven stages of a person’s spiritual life: Recognition of God, The Life of Discipleship, The Productive Life, The Journey Inward ...
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- What Comes Into My ears?
- What Is Within My Heart?
- What Is Upon My lips?
- What Is Before My eyes?
- What Is The Direction of My Path?
“My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings.” – Proverbs 4:20 Whatever enters my ears will ultimately influence my mind, my heart and my decisions, so I’d better be careful what I listen to. In Ephesians 5:4, Paul warns us to beware of “obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes.” They say, “Laughter is the best medicin...
“Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.” – Proverbs 4:23 It isn’t easy to keep or guard one’s heart for there will be many opportunities to give our heart to a person or path that we are warned against. But it is necessary to keep the heart in the sense of guarding it. Solomon is saying here that the heart shou...
“Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.” – Proverbs 4:24 Whatever is in the heart will ultimately come out of the mouth (Matthew 12:33-34). As God’s children, we must be careful to “have sound speech that cannot be condemned” (Titus 2:8) and speech that gracious and attractive (literally, “seasoned with salt” – see...
“Let your eyes look straight ahead, and your eyelids look right before you.” – Proverbs 4:25 Outlook determines outcome. Abraham was the friend of God because he “walked by faith and waited for the city … designed and built by God” (Hebrews 11:10). Lot became a friend of the world because he walked by sight and moved toward the wicked city of Sodom...
“Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established. Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil.” – Proverbs 4:26-27 The Hebrew word translated“mark out” means “to weigh” or “to make level.” It is related to a word that means “scales” (see Proverbs 16:11). The apostle Paul wrote, “Examine yourselves as to wheth...
The founder of the Jesuits provides us with a formula that many practice on a daily basis in order to gain further insight into their spiritual lives. Here is how Saint Ignatius describes the steps of the examen: First Point. The first Point is to give thanks to God our Lord for the benefits received. Second Point.
Jan 10, 2019 · A spiritual growth inventory is a great way to set aside time to reflect. This can be done on your own, with a mentor or pastor, or in a small group setting. You can also ask a trusted friend or spouse for their input on areas in which you most need to grow. Remember that as with any exercise like this, the point is not to earn our way into God ...
- Our Relationships with Others. In Matthew 6:12 – 14 Jesus instructs us to pray, “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
- Our Priorities in Life. We naturally do what’s important to us. Others identify our priorities by our actions, not by our words. Matthew 6:33 tells us what will happen if we make God our number one focus: “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”
- Our Attitudes. Ephesians 4:31 counsels us to “get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.” Look for areas of your life for which you’re ungrateful.
- Our Integrity. In Colossians 3:9 – 10 we’re instructed, “Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.”
May 24, 2019 · 7. Very few young adults participated in the Spiritual Life Inventory. Only three percent of respondents were in their 20’s and seven percent in their teens. 8. The most commonly represented demographic profile of an active church member in the congregations we surveyed is a white woman in her 60’s. Sixty-five percent of respondents were ...
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This spiritual life inventory is designed to be a self-test, not a way of judging others. It is unscientific, yet it can be a vital aid in thinking about and evaluating your spiritual life and growth. Do it prayerfully, without excuses. Be brutally honest before God remembering Hebrews 4: – all things are open and nakedly exposed before him ...
