We are continuing our Faithful Stewards Episode Series by processing through how Christians ought to spend our time for the glory of God.
In this episode, we mention these resources in our application section of the episode:
Questions about your commitments from Tim Challies
From the book, Do More Better, page 40.
- Are these the right and best things for me to be doing?
- Do these things fit my mission [God’s priorities for your time]?
- Are there things I can do in this area that no one else can do?
- Am I especially gifted or talented in this area?
- Do I bring unique value to this?
- Is there someone who can do this better than I can?
Questions for reviewing areas of responsibility in an annual retreat from Carolyn Mahaney
From http://www.girltalkhome.com/files/personal_retreat.pdf
Carolyn suggests asking these questions about the following areas of responsibility: your personal holiness, your service at church, fellowshipping with believers, evangelizing unbelievers, loving your family, attending to your work, caring for your physical health.
- Am I keeping the Gospel personally?
- Am I daily “preaching the Gospel to myself?”
- What is my present involvement with each priority?
- Given my present season, am I giving the right amount of time, energy, and attention to each priority?
- Is my present investment into each priority bringing glory to God?
- Is there anything about my present investment into each priority that is not bringing glory to God and thus needs to change?
- What are the best opportunities that this season of my life offers? Am I “buying up,” “rescuing from loss,” and “improving” these opportunities?
- Are there any “good” activities or “noble” endeavors in which I am presently involved that are hindering my investment into priority relationships?
- Why am I involved in this particular activity or endeavor? Is it to glorify God or is it for selfish purposes?
- Is there anything that I am doing presently that needs to be postponed until another season?
- Will what I am sowing in this season reap a good harvest in the next year?
- Am I bearing fruit in the most important areas in this season of my life?
