I just finished reading a book based on a screenplay called "Chariots of fire" very famous movie, and while reading it i was not only encouraged but challenged in my faith. At the end of the book there were a few questions that caught my eye, and my thoughts and thought i would like to share them with you. If you want i encourage you to take a quiet time now to pray as you read them and stop every time you finish a question and think about the answer you personally would give. They are very personal questions, meaning that only you know how to answer them.
They took me to a point in which i needed to review the way in which i'm living and ask forgiveness and help from the Lord to start over again in some areas in my life.
1. How do you prepare yourself spiritually for everyday living? What kind of quiet times do you have in Bible reading and prayer? Do you meet the Lord daily, first thing in the morning? Do you take one day out of the week or month to be alone with Him?
2. How do you handle obstacles? Are you confident in knowing God is with you? Do you peacefully and gracefully believe that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it?
3. What kind of faith do you have? Does it sustains you during your trials?
4. Do you remember to thank God for your accomplishments or do you honestly believe that you attain them by your own doing? Do you thank others who have helped you during your endeavors? When was the last time you thanked your parents for their help and love?
5. How do you handle success? Do you glory in it and take the credit, or do you give glory to God? How do you give God the glory?
6. Do you allow the struggles, the testing of your faith, to teach you endurance and a greater dependence on Jesus Christ? In what way do your trials solidify your relationship with God?
7. If life is a race, and you are a runner, how could you run your race more effectively for God? What specific changes would you make in your character and in your lifestyle?
But as it is written,
"What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man conceived,
what God has prepared for those who love him,
God has revealed to us through the Spirit."
1 Corinthians 2:9
