Ask Yourself These Questions:
1. IS MY PRAYER LIFE EFFECTIVE?
“…the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails (exercises much force) much.” (James 5:16)
2. DO I MEMORIZE GOD’S WORD?
“Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.” (Psa. 119:11) “… So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” (Rom.10:17)
3. DO I FAST ON A REGULAR BASIS?
“…WHEN YOU FAST, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face” (Matt. 6:16-17)
4. IS MY “WALK” EFFECTIVE?
Are those around me “blessed” by the power of God present in my life? “…believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least THE SHADOW OF PETER passing by might fall on some of them…and they were ALL HEALED.” (Acts 5:14-16)
5. DO I HAVE SOMEONE I AM ACCOUNTABLE TO (Accountability Partner)?
“CONFESS YOUR FAULTS one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.” (James 5:16)
6. IS MY MINISTRY EFFECTIVE?
“And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.” (Luke 4:32) “For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also IN POWER, and IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, and in much assurance…“ (1 Thess. 1:5)
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, WHICH IS YOUR REASONABLE SERVICE. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that GOOD and ACCEPTABLE and PERFECT will of God.” (Rom. 12:1-2)
-Bill Stockham