Welcome to the Yadkin Examen. The Examen is a weekly prayer podcast. 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 June 5th our preacher was the Rev. Jonathan Gaylord and he preached from 2 Corinthians 4:1-15.

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Reflection Questions

Review the day. Where did the spirit move? Where did I miss an opportunity that God placed before me, to share God’s love?

Consider something from this day for which you are thankful

Reflection Questions selected from John Wesley and the Holy Club

When did I last speak to someone else about my faith?

Do I pray about the money I spend?

Do I get to bed on time and get up on time?

Do I disobey God in anything?

Reflection Questions from the Sermon

Normally we talk about God the potter as forming us as the clay as an intimate relational thing, but Paul uses it here to express our fragility and impermanence. As we say at a funeral, from dust you came to dust you shall return. How does this understanding of being pottery illuminate our relationship with the potter (God)?

What does it mean to share the Spirit of Faith? How does our faith unite us?

What Light do we have to share?