SOME THOUGHTS I MUST CONSIDER AND QUESTIONS I MUST ASK MYSELF

If I don’t hold onto something, I’ll let go of everything.
What is there that I will refuse to let go of?

If I don’t stand for something, I’ll fall for anything.
For what will I stand and never back down?

If I don’t predetermine boundaries, how will I know when I’ve gone too far?
What line will I never go past?

When Jesus said, “Come,” He meant all the way. I dare not hold back.
When He said, “Go,” He meant all the way. I dare not stay back.
Do I believe the heathen will know Jesus if I don’t go?

Do I excuse my lack of spoken testimony by calling it, “silent witness”?
Do I shun my neighbors of another race even though I weep over the foreign mission fields?
If I truly believe that the lost will go to hell how can I not tell everybody—especially my loved ones?
How can I go to sleep tonight knowing that I did not do all in my power today to reach the lost?

Do I love God enough to…? Or not to?
Do I love my wife and children enough to…? Or not to?
Am I man enough to…? Or not to?
Do I have God’s permission to…? Or not to?

Do I trust God with my checkbook as much as I trust Him with my soul?

Is there any need that will move me to action?
How do I choose what needs to meet?
What kind of needs am I willing to ignore?
Can I look away from hurting children’s eyes, or close my ears to the little ones’ cries?
What does it mean to me when a mother dying of AIDS asks for help for her children?


Do I trust Him to meet my needs in the future like He has in the past?
Do I trust Him to guide my family even as I trust Him to guide me?
Do I trust Him with the rest of my life on earth even as I trust Him with my eternity?

Am I really grateful for all He has done for me? For my family? For our ministry?

Is my trust in God strong enough to obey his gentle request rather than surrender to the blaring, heated demands of the enemy?

Do I really believe the safest place to be is in God’s will? For my family as well as for me?
Do I always believe God will take the worst thing that could happen to me and make it the best thing for me?

Would I be willing to die for what I live for?

Am I willing to trust again after betrayals?
Am I willing to forgive others—even forgive others for not forgiving me?
Can I stay in Christ-like silence in the face of other people’s lies about me?

What does it take to make me cry?

Since God holds me and only me responsible for doing His will in my life, doesn’t that mean that no decision by another person can stop me from doing His will?

My role as father and head of my family is likened to Christ’s role as head of the church—does my treatment of my family do violence to the image of Christ?

Do I live in daily expectation of His return?
Who do I want to see first in heaven after I see Jesus?

Do I audaciously believe that good things come into my life on my own personal merit rather than the mercy and grace of God?

Is there anything the devil could offer me that I’d trade my soul for?

Is there anything God could ask me for that I would not give Him?