📖 “Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves [[a]not Christ]. Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected?” -2 Corinthians 13:5 Amplified Bible Classic Edition
We should constantly evaluate ourselves. We must continue to see if we are still holding on to the faith. We must examine our mindsets. Is our thinking in line with the Word of God or is the world shaping our mindsets? Do we still have the fire we once did? Are we reading the Word like we used to? Are we still attending church, in person, like we have always done? We must evaluate ourselves and ask ourselves these tough questions. We should be tougher on ourselves than anyone else. We must ensure our decisions are taking us closer to heaven and away from the world, not vice versa. The Bible even tells us to judge ourselves, so that we won’t be judged. It can be difficult sometimes, but we can do it. We must do what we must do so that we won’t miss heaven.
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