Questions to ask yourself

What follows is a list of questions designed to probe your own heart:

1. Am I mad at people, or at the deceiver under whose deception they've fallen?
2. Am I just as easily deceived? What ways am I guarding my way according to His word?
3. Who do I find hardest to love? Why? How can I love them the next time I meet them or communicate with them.
4. Is there anyone I'm holding a grudge against? Do I consider this brother or sister better than myself?
5. Do I tell my heart that I am without sin? Do I perceive my iniquity as less abhorrent before God than others'.
6. How quickly have I been to praise God when good news of His power and work are told to me?
7. Am I self-conscious about my responses to others' in accordance with my own heart's desired perception, or in accordance with the truth of the Spirit's guidance as to how I should respond?