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Do you practice self-examination? Do you often set aside a little time to “examine yourselves whether ye be in the faith, proving your own selves?” Here are some questions to help you:

  • Is your desire to keep the commandments as strong now as when you were first baptized?
  • Is God really your chiefest joy?
  • Do you pray regularly?
  • Are your prayers fervent and sincere?
  • Do you really hope the Lord will come soon?
  • Honestly, do you prefer the present life to the one promised?
  • Do you labour for the Kingdom of God as earnestly as you labour for your daily bread?
  • Are you looking for the Lord, and do you love his appearing?
  • Do you do your daily readings, thinking and meditating upon them throughout the day?
  • Is the reading of the Word a delight to you?
  • Are you trying to grow in the knowledge of Christ?
  • Do you speak often one with another upon Divine things?
  • Do you try to be meek and humble always?
  • Do you sincerely want to live the kind of life the Truth enjoins upon you?
  • Is your home ruled by the principles of the Truth?
  • Is the Truth uppermost in your mind; are you able to witness for it before those with whom you come into contact?
  • Can you be distinguished from the world?
  • When trials come, do you complain or accept all as for your own good?
  • Do you submit to evil for Christ’s sake, or do you try to retaliate?
  • Can you love those who have done you wrong?
  • Do you indulge in foolish talking?
  • Are you sure to be at the Breaking of Bread as Christ has commanded you, or do you sometimes make excuses for absence?
  • Do you “suffer” the word of exhortation and see if it applies to you, or do you resent it?
  • The Truth’s work requires means to further it. Are you liberal, as a faithful steward of what God has given you, even to the denying of yourself?
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