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 10th our preacher was the Rev. Jonathan Gaylord and he preached from Galatians 4 & 5.

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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

Am I enjoying prayer?

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?

Reflection Questions from the Sermon

If we interpret Paul’s use of “Flesh” as “human ability to put ourselves in the position of God” how does that change or inform our reading of scripture as a whole?

Does the Freedom Paul talks about mean we are free from restrictions or repercussions? What is Christian freedom?

What Fruit of the Spirit do you need more of this week? How can you pray for the spirit to bring that gift?