Friday, November 30, 2007

Discipling the mind

I like lists and questions that help me apply God's word to my everyday life. Here are some great questions that Elisabeth Elliot shares in her book, "Glad Surrender."


The disciple who means to compel every one of his thoughts to surrender in obedience to Christ would do well to test himself by asking:
1) Whose glory do I seek?
2) Is this for or against the knowledge of God?
3) Am I giving mind to wholesome precepts?
4) Am I morbidly keen on mere verbal questions and quibbles?
5) Is it more important for me to understand than to obey?
6) Is it more important for me to know than to believe?
7) Will one side of the question inconvenience me?
8) Do I reject a particular truth because it will inconvenience me?

3 comments:

Lori said...

Great questions, thanks Padi!

Lori said...

Padi, everything okay there? Thinking about you tonight!

anne62 said...

just want you to know as the season presses in know that I am praying for all of your family. It's terribly hard. I haven't forgotten that this is a hard hard season. Love you friend. As you give strength to them know that there are some holding you up as well.