Describe areas in your personal character that you would like to improve?

Answer 1

Not quick tempered vs. easily angered

Do you get angry at other drivers, your spouse or your children? Do others around you notice this anger displayed, or do you immediately control it? Are you frequently using a raised voice with your children?

Family man / woman

Do other people want a marriage like yours, and/or children like yours? Are your children a joy to be around? Are you confident that your kids will turn out well? Do your spouse and kids enjoy being around you?

Committed, sacrificed life

Are you determined to do what God wants, even if it seems like other paths seem easier or more fulfilling? Is God frequently on the back burner, while other things like school, work, or even recreation get most of the attention? Are you determined to follow God, even if no one else around you will?

Content vs. covetous

Do you tend to buy lots of things that you can't afford (i.e. on credit)? Are you happy with having things that are less than the best?

Diligent vs. lazy

Do you devote hours of time to entertainment and recreation while neglecting your studies, work, home, or relationship with God?

Eternally minded

Does the thought of heaven and eternity bring you hope? Is the fear of hardship or loss in this life overwhelming?

Man or woman of faith (vs. fearful)

Are you confident of your standing with God? Is your perception of your relationship with God based on your feelings, or on what The Bible says? Are you willing to step into roles that you feel ill equipped for? Do you use your gifts and talents when opportunities arise? How's your prayer life?

Faithful vs. unfaithful

Are you careful to fulfill your responsibilities with even the small things?

Forgiving

Do you have bad feelings towards people that have harmed you in the past? Are you bitter or do you have a grudge against anyone?

Gentle vs. violent or overbearing

Would people characterize you as being harsh or overbearing? Do you occasionally "let people have it" (verbally or physically) because they've "got it coming"?

• Giving, generous

  Do you regularly give to the Lord and to those in need? Do you give with a cheerful heart? Are you a good tipper? Do you see money as something that needs to be carefully managed and controlled, or more like a tool that you can use to do good?

• Matthew 6:24-33; Luke 16:9-15; Romans 12:8; 2 Corinthians 8:7-9; 9:6-8; 1 Timothy 6:18

Honest vs. deceitful

Do you occasionally "bend the rules" for your own gain? Do you give people answers that are half-truths or that are "legally correct"?

Humble vs. proud

Are you constantly worried about what other people think of you? Is it important that your accomplishments are recognized? Can you gracefully accept correction or criticism? Do you act in ways that promote yourself instead of God or others?

Joyful

Do you grumble and complain a lot? Do you enjoy praising God?

Loving

Do you frequently think about what would be good or helpful for other people? Do you try to put yourself in other people's shoes? Do you make a conscious effort to tell or show others that you love them?

Obedient

Are you more concerned with discovering truth, than obeying the truth that you already know? If something is blatantly clear in the Bible, will you accept it even if it is a hard teaching? Are you known more for your actions, or your stances on different issues?

Patient and enduring

Are you willing to wait for God's timing, or do you try to speed it along? Have you struggled with questions for God that remain unresolved for years? Do you have a pattern of continually switching majors, jobs, or churches? Are you easily overwhelmed, tired, or discouraged to the point that you start dropping the ball in some of your high priority areas?

Self controlled vs. indulgent

Can you say "no" to yourself in areas of your life that you would like to change? Are there areas in your life that control you, rather than you controlling them?

• Will you refrain from doing things that are not wrong, but that might be hard for others? Do you think of ways to serve others and not do them because it is inconvenient for you?

Serving

Do you see it as a burden to serve others, or as a joy? Do you frequently serve in ways which provide no reward?

Sexually pure

Do you see the opposite sex as objects or people? Do you look at or listen to material that no one else knows about? When you have improper thoughts, do you feed them, or starve them?

Controlled speech vs. unrestrained in speech

Do you say things about people that you would never say if they were listening? Are the things that you talk about typically helpful or building for your hearers?

Teachable vs. unresponsive

Are you eager to learn from others and the Bible? Is it more important to you to be right, or to look right?

Unified with others vs. divisive

Are you supportive of the direction of your leaders? If you disagree with the direction a leader is going, do you tell the leader, or do you tell the followers

Upright, righteous

Are you more focused on what is honoring to God than on what you can get away with?