Examine Your Life ~ Both Ups And Downs!

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Examine your life, and do it regularly. Don’t think that this is a one-time thing because the truth is, our lives are ever-changing. We face different challenges every day, and we encounter new opportunities all the time. To keep up with these changes, we need to examine our lives regularly so that we can remain aware of what’s going on around us. This way, we can figure out how God wants us to respond or act in any given situation.

So don’t be afraid to ask yourself those simple questions like “Am I living the life God intended me to live?” or “Am I loving others as God has called me to love?” These questions may seem small but they hold great significance when it comes to fulfilling your purpose in life. Remember always to consider both your strengths and weaknesses when examining your life because by doing so you will understand who God wants you to be rather than focusing only on where you lack. Keep moving forward and know that each examination brings new growth opportunities for a better version of yourself! ~ Bill Greguska

2 Corinthians 13:5  Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless you fail the test?

 


Why Should You Examine Your Life?


 

Please Examine Your Life!

Examine your life, my dear friend, and do it often. It’s not a one-time deal that can be checked off your to-do list forever. No! Life is always changing, and so must our examination of it. We need to stay aware of what is going on in our lives so we can be the person God wants us to become. Don’t shy away from asking yourself those simple but profound questions like “Am I truly living out God’s purpose for me?” or “Am I loving others as He loves me?”. These are crucial inquiries that will guide you towards a fulfilling life. Remember also to acknowledge both your strengths and weaknesses because they make up who you are as a whole person. Don’t just focus on what needs improvement; celebrate the wonderful things about yourself too! So don’t delay any longer – take some time today and examine your life with open eyes, an open heart, and most importantly, with God by your side.

 

 


 

 

Take Time To Examine Your Life!

Examine Your Life, The Good, And Bad! NeedEncouragement.com

You can also ask a close friend who knows you well or an accountability partner to help you examine your life!

  • Read your Bible daily. Do not be content to skim through a chapter merely to satisfy your conscience. Hide the Word of God in your heart. It comforts, guides, corrects, and encourages – all we need is there.
  • Learn the secret of prayer. Prayer is communicating. Every prayer that you pray will be answered. Sometimes that answer may be “Yes,” and sometimes “No,” and sometimes, it is “Wait,” but it will be answered.
  • Rely regularly on the Holy Spirit. We know that the Holy Spirit prays for us (Romans 8) and what comfort should be to the weakest of us. Stand aside and let Him take over all the choices and decisions of your life.
  • Attend church regularly. The visible church is Christ’s organization upon the earth. Christians need one another, we need to gather together to worship God, and nothing can take the place of church attendance.

 

 


 

 

Have You Examined Your Life Lately?


 

 

Be A Witnessing Christian!

  • We witness in two ways: by life and by word – and the two, where possible, should go hand in hand.
  • Let love be the ruling principle of your life. Jesus said to those who followed Him, “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if ye have love one to another” (John 13:35). The most excellent demonstration that we are Christians is that we love one another.
  • Be an obedient Christian. Let Christ have first place in all the choices of your life.
  • Learn how to meet temptation. The temptation is not a sin. It is yielding that is a sin. Let Christ, through the Holy Spirit, do the fighting for you.
  • Be a wholesome Christian. Our lives and appearance should commend the Gospel and make it attractive to others.
  • Live above your circumstances. Don’t let your circumstances get you down. Learn to live graciously within them, realizing the Lord Himself is with you.
Guidelines for Christian Living is excerpted from “Peace with God” by Billy Graham, published in 1953, revised, and expanded in 1984.

 


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Are You Ready To Examine Your Life?

Take time to examine your life on some of the significant accomplishments you have had up until now.? This list below is NOT an ego bragging list. It is a list to show that we all have skills, accomplishments, and abilities, even if we do not think so. You will realize how beautiful you have been blessed. 

We need to look at the good we have done with God’s help and stop looking at the faults and failures in our past, but if anything, learn from them and turn the page as my brother Tom told me. To give you an example of what I’m talking about, I’ve written below an example to provide you with ideas for yourself. Use what I wrote to guide you to the highlights of your life:

  1. Born July 8, 1960, youngest of four siblings.
  2. I became a good basketball player in grade and high school in 1970-77.
  3. I got off drugs and alcohol in 1986.
  4. I understood the importance of God in my life in 1986 and was Born Again.
  5. Quit smoking cigarettes in 1988.
  6. Worked at Elmbrook Church in 1990.
  7. I had some good friends and was somewhat popular throughout my life.
  8. Built wheelchair ramps for Faith Indeed 1994- 2005.
  9. I married and raised a son Chris and my daughter Sherry.
  10. I took care of my 93-year-old mother for the last eight years of her life, beginning in 2006.
  11. Started NeedEncouragement.com ministry in 2007.

 


 

 

Is It Important To Take Inventory Of Past Resentments?


 

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  2. If you are dealing with anger, stress, or depression, we have information to help you.
  3. We have phone helplines, website links, and YouTube videos.
  4. You can learn more about us, our goals, and our purpose.
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Living In the Past ~ Present ~ Or Future?

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Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways, submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6

We all get involved with problems in life. Some are preventable, while others merely happen. I am sure what you are dealing with today, whether big decisions need to be made. Do you have problems with marriage, family, friendships, depression, anxiety, addiction, or whatever you struggle with? There are solutions to your problems. It would help if you searched for the answers. You can start by discovering in your heart that you want to live a better life. First, you must examine your life, reflect on the real root of your problems and strengths, and ask God to help direct you.

  1. Some of you do not want anything to do with God or Jesus Christ.
  2. Some of you attend church to check off your good deed list like I used to do growing up.
  3. But I hope most of us worship and praise God because it is in our hearts because we genuinely believe.

My point is that without God leading your life, you will most likely end up living in what I refer to as a self-inflicted mini hell that I put myself through, all because I wanted to impress others, be accepted, and fulfill the desires of my flesh. That way of life was before I got to know Jesus Christ in 1986 when I went through drug and alcohol treatment. Since then, the Lord has taken that addiction from me. I was able to take off my mask. ~ Bill Greguska

 

 


 

 

How To Examine Your Life With The 4 Steps?


Some Specific Scriptures To Encourage You:

2 Corinthians 13:5 ESV 

Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!

Psalm 139:23-24 ESV

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!

1 Corinthians 11:28 ESV

Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Romans 12:2 ESV

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, hat is good and acceptable and perfect.

Psalm 26:2 ESV 

Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and my mind.

Ephesians 5:18 ESV 

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Galatians 6:3-4 ESV 

For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor.

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV 

We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

Proverbs 4:23 ESV

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

 

 


 

Find Hope And Encouragement From Our Links!

  1. If you just started believing in God, we have a page specifically for you.
  2. If you are dealing with anger, stress, or depression, we have information to help you.
  3. We have phone helplines, website links, and YouTube videos.
  4. You can learn more about us, our goals, and our purpose.
  5. If you have a drug/alcohol problem or want to get right with God, you are at the right place!
  6. If you need to talk to someone right away, you can call 800-633-3446 or click here.

 


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