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 October 30th our preacher was the Rev. Jonathan Gaylord and he preached from Ephesians 4:1-16

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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?

Reflection Questions from the Sermon

What does it mean to say someone is nice?

How is Paul’s instructions to be gentle, humble, bear with one another in love, and seek unity in the Spirit different from simply being “nice?”

What would Unity look like in our society?

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 October 23rd our preacher was the Rev. Jonathan Gaylord and he preached from Ephesians 2:11-22.

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Reflection Questions selected from John Wesley and the Holy Club

Did the Bible live in me today?

Do I give it time to speak to me everyday?

Am I enjoying prayer?

Reflection Questions from the Sermon

What does reconciliation look like?

What barriers exist in my life that I need to remove?

What barriers exist in the world that I can start to tear down?

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 May 29th our preacher was the Rev. Jonathan Gaylord and he preached from 2 Corinthians 2:1-10.

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Reflection Questions selected from John Wesley and the Holy Club

Can I be trusted?

Am I a slave to dress, friends, work, or habits?

Am I self-conscious, self-pitying, or self-justifying?

Reflection Questions from the Sermon

What would it look like to do everything in your life in the name of Jesus Christ? What would change?

How do you clothe yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience?

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 October 9th our preacher was the Rev. Jonathan Gaylord and he preached from Colossians 1:15-28.

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Reflection Questions

What am I thankful for? 

How has the Holy Spirit moved in my heart and life this week? 

Reflection Questions selected from John Wesley and the Holy Club

Am I consciously or unconsciously creating the impression that I am better than I really am? In other words, am I a hypocrite?

Am I honest in all my acts and words, or do I exaggerate?

Do I confidentially pass on to another what was told to me in confidence?

What status markers in your life hold too much power over you?

What barriers keep you from fully coming to love others?

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 May 29th our preacher was the Rev. Jonathan Gaylord and he preached from Philemon.

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Reflection Questions selected from John Wesley and the Holy Club

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?

Is Christ real to me?

Reflection Questions from the Sermon

What status markers in your life hold too much power over you?

What barriers keep you from fully coming to love others?

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 September 25th our preacher was the Rev. Jonathan Gaylord and he preached from Philippians 3:4-4:1.

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Reflection Questions

How do I spend my spare time?

Am I proud?

Do I thank God that I am not as other people, especially as the Pharisees who despised the publican?

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

What do we place confidence in?

What are we willing to lose for our faith?

What is our goal for faith?

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 May 29th our preacher was the Rev. Jonathan Gaylord and he preached from 2 Corinthians 2:1-10.

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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

How do you work out your salvation with “fear and trembling?”

What does it look like to have the same mind or attitude of Christ?

What is the difference between self care and doing nothing from selfish ambition or vain conceit?

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 Sept 11th our preacher was the Rev. Jonathan Gaylord and he preached from Philippians 1:21-30.

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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

What does it look like to “live your life worthy of the gospel of Christ?

Where do you need to be encouraged? Who can you ask to help you in your spiritual walk with Christ?

Welcome to the Yadkin Examen. The Examen is a weekly prayer podcast. Normally,  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.

This week I am on vacation so we are bringing you a conversation  between me (Jonathan Gaylord) and Kevin Towers, where we talk about  things that we haven't gotten to talk about in sermons, unravel some  things about Paul that make preaching on him hard and fun. Join us for the second part of this conversation.

Welcome to the Yadkin Examen. The Examen is a weekly prayer podcast. Normally, 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.

This week I am on vacation so we are bringing you a conversation between me (Jonathan Gaylord) and Kevin Towers, where we talk about things that we haven't gotten to talk about in sermons, unravel some things about Paul that make preaching on him hard and fun. Join us for the first part of this conversation.