Are you spiritually healthy, or just
spiritually busy?
If you're like many Christians who desire a deeper walk with Christ, you're probably pursuing
activities geared to help you grow. But, like many believers, you may wonder if you're really
making progress. You're spiritually active, but are you spiritually healthy? Would Jesus look at
your endeavors (prayer, church attendance, evangelism, Bible study, etc.) and pronounce you
spiritually fit? Or does He have an altogether different set of criteria by which He measures your
spiritual well-being?
Best-selling author Don Whitney is no stranger to activities and disciplines designed to move believers toward a deeper relationship with Jesus. But the ten probing questions Whitney poses in this book will help you look beyond your spiritual activity to assess the true state of your spiritual health. His questions cut to the heart of the matter: Is you character becoming more like Christ?
Are you spiritually healthy, or just spiritually busy? Don Whitney will help you ask yourself the right questions for evaluating your growth in the areas that really matter.
CONTENTS:
1. Do You Thirst For God?
2. Are You Governed Increasingly By God's Word?
3. Are You More Loving?
4. Are You More Sensitive To God's presence
5. Do You Have A Growing Concern For The Spiritual and Temporal Needs Of Others?
6. Do You Delight In The Bride of Christ?
7. Are The Spiritual Disciplines Increasingly Important To You?
8. Do You Still Grieve Over Sin?
9. Are You a Quicker Forgiver?
10. Do You Yearn For Heaven And To Be With Jesus?
Discussion Guide
My inquisitive mind became captivated as I lay my eyes on this book, which lay on a friend's desk. Reading the title was not what truly grabbed a hold of my attention; rather it was the ten chapter questions that caused my heart, mind and spiritual core to begin a journey of introspective thought.
Perhaps even now, you are interested in taking a journey of personal evaluation. Well, this book is a helpful tool for just that.
Each chapter delves deep into the core of what a growing "faith-lived out" looks like. Whitney uses scripture to encourage, feed and provide direction to these soul-searching questions. As well, Whitney uses earlier followers of Christ's reflections, such as Jonathan Edwards, Martin Luther, C.H. Spurgeon and others. These individual reflections bring some deep insight to the topic at hand.
I trust that as you read this book, God will bring great refreshment, deeper growth, and a life more in tune to God's message and desire for this world. Finally, may I suggest Whitney's "Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life" as a follow-up book to this beneficial read.
MILES VINCENT/ Youth Pastor, London
