Eight Questions for a Healthy "Spiritual Heart"!!

These questions were developed at FamilyLife, a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. They are taken from the New Testament book of 2 Timothy. Please take a few minutes to read over them and ask the Lord God to search you and take a honest assessment of how healthy your “spiritual heart” really is!!

Question #1: Do I love the Gospel more than I love my own reputation and comfort? So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. (2 Tim. 1:8)

Question #2: Do I love God’s truth more than my own opinions and preferences? What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you--guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. (2 Tim. 1:13-14)

Question #3: Do I embrace God’s assignment for me ahead of my own agenda? You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others. (2 Tim. 2:1-2)

Question #4: Do I remind myself every day of the Gospel and choose to forget lesser things? Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God's word is not chained. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. (2 Tim. 2:8-10)

Question #5: Am I becoming a skillful (not a casual) student of God’s Word? Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. (2 Tim. 2:15)

Question #6: Am I cultivating a Godly character and putting to death the impulses of the flesh? Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. And the Lord's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will. (2 Tim. 2:22-26)

Question #7: Am I ready at all times to talk with others about God and His Word – even when it’s inconvenient? In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry. (2 Tim. 4:1-5)

Question #8: Am I in pursuit of eternal, not temporal, rewards? For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day--and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing. (2 Tim. 4:6-8)