reflecting on last year

1. Where was God’s presence evident in my life last year? What prayers did He answer?

2. In what situations did I step out in front of God? Why?

3. What direction did God clearly lead me?

4. In what ways did God surprise me?

5. When have I felt disappointed? Why?

6. How did God use me this year for his kingdom?

7. How did God use me in the ordinary of life?

8. What private spiritual disciplines have worked to draw me closer to God?

9. How regularly have I created space of silence and solitude to rest in God’s presence and hear his voice?

10. What have I heard God say in a still, small voice?

Envisioning the coming year

1. What am I excited about in 2024?

2. What is one word to describe how God is prompting me to live in the next year?

3. Is there a verse or a short passage that gives voice to that challenge or characteristic?

4. In what specific way can I be less self-focused?

5. In what specific way can I be more God-focused?

6. In what specific way can I better serve the less fortunate and those around me?

7. How is God calling me to live for love, generosity, and peace?

8. What can I give away?

9. Who can or should I invest in? (an individual or demographic of people)

10. How can I grow my time with God? What spiritual disciplines should I incorporate or return to?

In 1729, a man named John Wesley wrote the following 22 questions for the private devotional use of a club called, The Holy Club, a group of Oxford University students who sought to live the fullness of the Christian life they read about in the Bible. If you’re considering adding self-reflection questions to your daily spiritual rhythm, these questions are a great choice. You can use all of them or select a couple each day. 

1. Am I consciously or unconsciously creating the impression that I am better than I really am?

2. Am I honest in all my words and actions or do I exaggerate?

3. Do I confidentially pass on to another what was told to me in confidence?

4. Can I be trusted?

5. Am I a slave to dress, friends, work, or habits?

6. Am I self-conscious, self-pitying, or self-justifying?

7. Did the God’s Word (the Bible) live in me today?

8. Do I give God time to speak to me every day through His Word the Bible?

9. Am I enjoying prayer?

10. When did I last speak to someone new about my faith?

11. Do I pray about the money I spend?

12. Do I get to bed on time and get up on time?

13. Do I disobey God in anything?

14. Do I insist upon doing something about which my conscience is uneasy?

15. Am I defeated in any part of my life?

16. Am I jealous, impure, critical, irritable, touchy, or distrustful?

17. How do I spend my spare time?

18. Am I proud?

19. Do I thank God that I am not as other people, especially as the Pharisees who despised the tax collector?

20. Is there anyone whom I fear, dislike, disown, criticize, hold a resentment toward or disregard? If so, what am I doing about it?

21. Do I grumble or complain constantly?

22. Is Christ real to me?

Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:5-8, NIV).

Questions about this page? Contact Pastor Nick at nick@relevantcommunity.org