As often as possible we check our health status to make sure we are in good condition
The same is expected with our spiritual lives. We often miss clues that indicate that our spirit is not enjoying or manifesting the good health that God created it for.
God has given us a process for evaluating spiritual challenges in our lives:
In:
Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.
Each of these is a characteristic of the Holy Spirit’s active presence in our daily living and activities.There are diagnostic questions we need to ask ourselves to make sure we’re spiritually healthy.
You should sincerely answer the following.
1
Question: Am i motivated to do for others as Christ has done for me, or am I giving in order to receive something in return?
2
Question: Am I experiencing a joy of life on a regular basis, or is my happiness dependent on things going smoothly in my day?
3
Question: am I experiencing “the peace that passes all understanding” (Philippians 4:6-7)?
4
Question: Am I easily set off when things go wrong or people irritate me, or am I able to keep a godly perspective in the face of life’s irritations?
5
Question: Is it my goal to serve others with kindness, or am I too focused on my own needs, desires, or problems to let the goodness of God overflow to others?
6
Question: Does my life reflect the holiness of God, and do I desire to see others experience God at a deep level in their own lives?
7
Question: Are there areas of hypocrisy and indifference toward others in my life, or is my life characterized by faith in Christ and faithfulness to those around me?
8.
Question: Do I come across to others as rude, noisy, overbearing
and headstrong, or am I allowing the grace of God to flow through me to others?
9
Question: Are my fleshly desires controlling my life, or am I allowing the Spirit to direct me to the things that please God and serve others?
10
Question: Am I actively depending on the Holy Spirit to guide me in God’s ways so I don’t get wrapped up in myself? If not, am I willing to confess to God that His ways are better than mine, and that I need the Spirit’s guidance to live above the fray?