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CHECK LISTS FOR THE COMMITTED CHRISTIAN
As we come to end of 2009 it is time to examine where we have been and where God wants us to go as we move into 2010. My prayer and motto for 2010 is: “Father, in 2010, help me to be more like Jesus than I have been.”
In this letter of encouragement I hope to help you become more aware of the power of the Holy Spirit to help us live a more successful Kingdom life-style. Satan is on an all out attack against the Christian and the family. He will tempt us to lower our morals, values and ethics to achieve self-serving goals. May God help us to grow daily in a deeper love for God and others and depending the Holy Spirit to live a victorious Christian life-style.
Prayerfully examine your life in the light of these check-lists. Use the Spirit-controlled check list to stay focused on the one who loves us more than we know. Here are some Scriptures to mediate on as you allow the Holy Spirit to adjust your belief system and your life-style.
Galatians 3: 3 (NLT) “How foolish can you be? After starting your Christian lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect (mature) by your own human effort?”
I Thessalonians 5:23, 24 (NLT) “Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord comes again. God will make this happen, for He who calls you is faithful.”
SOULISH CHRISTIAN DEFINED:
• He does not draw upon the Holy Spirit for his power.
• He leans upon self-power.
• He follows the dictates of his pleasures and delights
• He uses natural wisdom to attempt God’s work.
• His everyday existence is governed by his carnal nature.
• He is excessive in his curiosity.
• He emphasizes his superiority in clothing, speech and deed.
• He desires to shock people into recognizing how smart he is.
• His only joy comes when his selfish wishes are satisfied.
• He likes to argue and debate.
• He holds tenaciously to his minute opinions.
• He assumes an attitude of self-righteousness.
• He is easily assaulted by evil spirits.
• His thinking is easily becomes confused.
• His emotion’s vacillates very quickly.
• He is overly-sensitive and interprets things as aimed at him
• When neglected or overlooked he becomes angry.
• He is filled with pride.
• He never honestly seeks the will of God.
• He labors for the Lord with a mind teeming with schemes and plans.
• He mainly depends on feelings.
• He is unable to maintain a calm spirit. Confusion causes inner unrest.
• He is easily discouraged.
• He is an expert in finding fault and quick to criticize.
• He is slow to forgive.
• He has a tendency to be hasty and not wait on god.
• He acts from impulse rather that principle.
• He is guided by sudden thoughts which flash through his mind.
• He cannot rely entirely on God.
• He puts his attention more on the task than God.
• He can only reach another’s soul and not his spirit.
• He delights in high-sounding, spectacular words and phrases.
• He wants to impress people with his knowledge.
• He longs to be seen and seeks prominent positions.
• He loves to use spiritual phraseology.
• He is self-satisfied.
• He uses his gifts as personal possessions to promote himself.
• He lives for the moment with little thought to sacrifice for the future.
• He is happiest when people recognize his “greatness”.
• He says, “GLORY TO GOD.......AND TO ME.”
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THE SPIRIT-CONTROLLED CHRISTIAN DEFINED:
• He draws upon the Holy Spirit to do the work of ministry.
• He leans upon the Holy Spirit’s power.
• He puts aside his own pleasures and desires to please the Father.
• He uses God’s wisdom to attempt God’s work.
• His everyday existence is governed the Holy Spirit.
• His joy comes directly from God, not from circumstances around him.
• He allows the Holy Spirit to use him to advance the Kingdom of God.
• He exalts God by his life-style, speech, and clothing.
• He desires to point people to God and His greatness, not to himself.
• He avoids arguments and debates.
• He is flexible and teachable.
• He knows his righteousness t comes through the blood of Jesus.
• He is not easily assaulted by evil spirits.
• His thinking is saturated with the Mind of Christ.
• His emotions are stable because his mind is being renewed daily.
• He is not overly-sensitive because his mind is fixed on God.
• When over-looked its okay because he is “crucified with Christ”.
• He is filled with humility
• He honestly seeks the will of God.
• He serves the Lord with heart open to receive instructions from God.
• He mainly depends on the prompting of the Holy Spirit.
• He maintains a calm spirit and nothing disturbs his peace.
• He is not easily discouraged
• He is an expert in finding the good in people.
• He speaks the truth in love.
• He is quick to forgive.
• He waits on God and is not hasty.
• He acts on God’s principles rather than from impulse.
• He is not guided by sudden thoughts
• He relies entirely on God.
• He puts more attention on God rather than the task itself.
• He is able to reach another’s spirit.
• He refrains from using words or phrases that detract from God.
• He has no desire to impress people with himself.
• He seeks to promote Christ rather than himself.
• He is satisfied when God is exalted.
• He uses the gifts God gives him to promote the Kingdom of God.
• He maintains the presence of God even if it requires sacrifice.
• He is happiest when people recognize Christ in him.
• He says, “GLORY TO GOD AND TO HIM ALONE”
May God help us all to yield and cooperate with the Holy Spirit so we can become more like we were created to be. May Jesus be free to express Himself through us.
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