Timeless Faith

#82 Twenty-two Questions

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In 1729, while John Wesley was a student at Oxford, he started a club with his

brother Charles. It was soon mockingly dubbed
“The Holy Club”
by some of his fellow students. The club members rigorously self-examined
themselves everyday by asking the following 22 questions:

  1. Am I consciously or unconsciously creating the impression that I am better
    2. than I really am? In other words, am I a hypocrite?
  2. Am I honest in all my acts and words, or do I exaggerate?
  3. Do I confidentially pass on to others what has been said to me in confidence?
  4. Can I be trusted?
  5. Am I a slave to dress, friends, work or habits?
  6. Am I self-conscious, self-pitying, or self-justifying?
  7. Did the Bible live in me today?
  8. Do I give the Bible time to speak to me every day?
  9. Am I enjoying prayer?
  10. When did I last speak to someone else of my faith?
  11. Do I pray about the money I spend?
  12. Do I get to bed on time and get up on time?
  13. Do I disobey God in anything?
  14. Do I insist upon doing something about which my conscience is uneasy?
  15. Am I defeated in any part of my life?
  16. Am I jealous, impure, critical, irritable, touchy or distrustful?
  17. How do I spend my spare time?
  18. Am I proud?
  19. Do I thank God that I am not as other people, especially as the Pharisees
    20. who despised the publican?
  20. Is there anyone whom I fear, dislike, disown, criticize, hold a resentment
    21. toward or disregard? If so, what am I doing about it?
  21. Do I grumble or complain constantly?
  22. Is Christ real to me?
    23. ...more
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