Examine Your Ways With God

‘Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.’ Lamentations 3:40 NIV

When you pray, ‘Lord, make me a better person,’ in what specific areas do you want to change, grow, and mature? In order to get real with God, you must answer these twelve questions carefully and prayerfully:

1. Am I honest and above reproach in all my financial dealings?
   That includes giving generously to God from your income.
2. Do I put myself in sexually inappropriate situations, or expose myself to harmful material?
3. Do I spend enough time with my family, and would they say that I do?
4. Do I tell the truth even when it brings me hurt or criticism?
5. Do I find it easy to say, ‘I was wrong. I’m genuinely sorry,’ or do I hold grudges?
6. Am I knowingly compromising any area of my life, or refusing to face the consequences of my actions?
7. Have I formed habits that are detrimental to my health, my job, my family, or my walk with Christ?
8. Am I proud, selfish, or arrogant?
9. Have I taken credit for things that others did and should have been rewarded for?
10. Have I failed to confess something to someone who should know of my wrongdoing?
11. Have I been insensitive or abusive to my loved ones? And if I have, what am I willing to do about it?
12. Am I spending enough time in prayer and in the Scriptures?

 The word for you today is: get real with God!