Welcome to the Yadkin Examen. The Examen is a weekly prayer podcast, where every Monday we take a moment to reflect on our week past, give thanks to God, and seek strength for the day and week to come. We use reflection questions from different sources to help us seriously pray and review our own spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical lives. 

Each episode begins with an excerpt from Sunday's sermon and ends with the scripture text. On January 9th our preacher was the Rev. Aryn Williams-Reubel and she preached from Mark 1:4-11. 

Reflection Questions selected from John Wesley and the Holy Club

Am I jealous, impure, critical, irritable, touchy, or distrustful?

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, criticize, hold a resentment toward or disregard? If so, what am I doing about it?

Is Christ real to me?

Reflection Questions drawn from the Sermon 

Who prepared the way for you and helped you step into the stream?

Who has God placed in your path in order for you to prepare the way for them?

How  are you continuing to experience a Baptism of the Holy Spirit which  empowers you and redirects your life more toward Christ?

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