i want you to take a little
quiz. ten questions about ten different
areas of your life. i want you to write
down a number as we go through these.
then we’re going to add up the numbers and i’m going to interpret them
for you.
first, your physical condition. zero meaning really bad off. four being perfect. first, am i more physically exhausted or am i more energetic and in shape? i’m not talking about your entire life. i’m talking about this week, right now. am i physically exhausted? or am i energetic in shape?
if you say i am tired all the time, all the time. give yourself a zero. if you say, i’m in tiptop condition. i’m really to take jack lalane’s place, give yourself a four.
how about your emotions? are you discouraged about your life right now, do you feel pessimistic? or, on the other hand, do you feel encouraged about your life and feel very optimistic? give yourself a score from zero to four. a low score if you’re discouraged and pessimistic. a high score if you’re encouraged and optimistic.
your lifestyle. do you feel bored or discontented with your life? you don’t like the situation you’re in right now. if you’re bored or discontented give yourself a low score. if you say i feel challenged by the life i’m living right now. it’s not too stressful but it’s challenging, worth getting up for and i feel contented with my life give yourself a high score.
your spiritual life. if you’d say, right now i’m feeling kind of spiritually dry. i don’t feel really close to GOD right now. then give yourself a low score. on the other hand if you’d say, i’m really growing. i’m growing more than i’ve ever grown before in my life, give yourself a four. i’m growing closer to the LORD every day.
your relationships. if you’d say the people that i love right now i’m geographically distant from and i feel alone. maybe you have to travel a lot. or the people you love the most are overseas or they’re distant and you don’t get to spend much time with them, then give yourself a low score. if you say, those that i love the most of my relationships, they’re near and i get to spend a lot of time together with them, circle a high score.
am i feeling insecure or unsure about my future? or am i feeling very secure and very confident about my future? give yourself a zero to a four there.
have you been deeply wounded? are you carrying a deep hurt? give yourself a low score, a zero or one or something like that. if you feel like, i’m loved and i feel understood by the people in my life give yourself a high score.
if you have been carrying a hurt and you’re secretly bitter, in other words, are you holding a grudge against anyone? you say, “i’m angry and i can’t forgive them.” give yourself a low score. on the other hand if you say i feel like i’ve forgiven every person who’s hurt me in my life give yourself a four.
the next has to do with am i feeling more sad about life or more happy about life right now. rate yourself on that.
then finally, am i feeling more alienated and unsupported by my relationships? in other words i’m having conflicts with people in my life. or do i feel close to them and supported? are you emotionally close to your family or are you arguing a lot? in other words do you have supportive friends or are you detached and distant?
i want you to add up your numbers right now. there are ten questions there. if you put four on every one then you’d be JESUS and you would have a perfect score of 40. if you got zero in all of them then obviously you’d have zero. so everybody has a score between zero and forty. add them up right now. this has profound influence on how you handle temptation.
we’ll analyze this more tomorrow.
just a thought from the front porch…
first, your physical condition. zero meaning really bad off. four being perfect. first, am i more physically exhausted or am i more energetic and in shape? i’m not talking about your entire life. i’m talking about this week, right now. am i physically exhausted? or am i energetic in shape?
if you say i am tired all the time, all the time. give yourself a zero. if you say, i’m in tiptop condition. i’m really to take jack lalane’s place, give yourself a four.
how about your emotions? are you discouraged about your life right now, do you feel pessimistic? or, on the other hand, do you feel encouraged about your life and feel very optimistic? give yourself a score from zero to four. a low score if you’re discouraged and pessimistic. a high score if you’re encouraged and optimistic.
your lifestyle. do you feel bored or discontented with your life? you don’t like the situation you’re in right now. if you’re bored or discontented give yourself a low score. if you say i feel challenged by the life i’m living right now. it’s not too stressful but it’s challenging, worth getting up for and i feel contented with my life give yourself a high score.
your spiritual life. if you’d say, right now i’m feeling kind of spiritually dry. i don’t feel really close to GOD right now. then give yourself a low score. on the other hand if you’d say, i’m really growing. i’m growing more than i’ve ever grown before in my life, give yourself a four. i’m growing closer to the LORD every day.
your relationships. if you’d say the people that i love right now i’m geographically distant from and i feel alone. maybe you have to travel a lot. or the people you love the most are overseas or they’re distant and you don’t get to spend much time with them, then give yourself a low score. if you say, those that i love the most of my relationships, they’re near and i get to spend a lot of time together with them, circle a high score.
am i feeling insecure or unsure about my future? or am i feeling very secure and very confident about my future? give yourself a zero to a four there.
have you been deeply wounded? are you carrying a deep hurt? give yourself a low score, a zero or one or something like that. if you feel like, i’m loved and i feel understood by the people in my life give yourself a high score.
if you have been carrying a hurt and you’re secretly bitter, in other words, are you holding a grudge against anyone? you say, “i’m angry and i can’t forgive them.” give yourself a low score. on the other hand if you say i feel like i’ve forgiven every person who’s hurt me in my life give yourself a four.
the next has to do with am i feeling more sad about life or more happy about life right now. rate yourself on that.
then finally, am i feeling more alienated and unsupported by my relationships? in other words i’m having conflicts with people in my life. or do i feel close to them and supported? are you emotionally close to your family or are you arguing a lot? in other words do you have supportive friends or are you detached and distant?
i want you to add up your numbers right now. there are ten questions there. if you put four on every one then you’d be JESUS and you would have a perfect score of 40. if you got zero in all of them then obviously you’d have zero. so everybody has a score between zero and forty. add them up right now. this has profound influence on how you handle temptation.
we’ll analyze this more tomorrow.
just a thought from the front porch…
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