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 April 30th we answered the question "What does the Holy Spirit do?" with our preacher Rev. Jonathan Gaylord

Reflection Questions selected from John Wesley and the Holy Club

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?

Do I grumble or complain constantly?

Reflection Questions from the Sermon

How am I listening for the call of the Holy Spirit? 

Where is the Holy Spirit trying to get my attention? 

What does it mean to me that the Holy Spirit is the embodiment of God’s love and unity.