We have to look at what we really look like in our heart of hearts. If you want spiritual transformation to happen in your life, it becomes possible with intentional actions that open the door to personal seeking. God says we should come to Him with a meek and contrite spirit. This becomes possible when we humble ourselves before God in humility and openness.

Get alone with God before you start.

To take this personal examination, it is imperative to get alone with God. Invite God to join you. Be still with God. Listen for Him. Work through this list or through whatever God prompts you to look at. Take the time it needs. Be thorough. Take as much time and days as it needs.

1. Take spiritual inventory. Think through the past week. List out the ways God is directing your thoughts and any new areas in your life that He is helping you to understand.

2. Invite God to help you look for Him. Ask Him to make His presence known to you in a greater way. Record any thoughts, verses, songs, or prayers that enter your thinking. Consider Ephesians 2:8-10 or Matthew 11:28-30 as you meditate and listen in quietness.

3. Select another verse to meditate on. Consider every word in the verse by itself. What is that specific word’s purpose/message? Record your thoughts. Identify the significance of the verse.

4. Picture yourself in relationship with Christ. What does it look like now? What should it look like? Explain your desire to walk in the newness of close relationship to Him. Ask God to show you areas where you hold back in your relationship with Him. Record these. Ask Him to soften and change you in these same areas.

5. Surrender your right to yourself. Consciously place God on the throne of your life. Intentionally remove yourself from self-interest and its protective influence. Ask God for greater trust. Record the ways you are experiencing and knowing God’s loving intention for you.

6. What is God saying to you? What needs to change? What encourages you? Seek a holy place in your thoughts with God. Feed at His spiritual table. Listen for His leading. Write down thoughts that come to you during this time of meditation.

7. Identify and apply any new concepts. Write down any new thoughts and some ways that you can implement these items which God has revealed to you during this spiritual exercise.

Looking in the mirror is always a good idea. The mirror to your soul is not the easiest, but it reaps great rewards and makes us authentic.

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