Jump Start Mailing List - No. 1873

We are constantly advised to get a regular check-up.  Why?  Because we can
ward off trouble if we find something wrong ahead of time.  Isn't that true of our
spiritual health also?    A self examination is one where we take a good hard look
at our heart from the inside and we examine our attitude and thinking.  
2 Corinthians 13:5 says, "Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith.
Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless
indeed you are disqualified."  Lay out what you think a good Christian ought to be
and how he should live that life and then see if you measure up to your own standard
of how that should be.  It is hard to see ourselves as other see us, but when we step
back and look at how Jesus wants us to live and then look at all the areas of our life
and evaluate thins, it can be telling.  If we are doing the same things the same as we
did last year or the day before, that isn't maturity.  Reach out, find new opportunities
to walk and talk like a mature Christian.
 
Have a great day!