Year End Inventory

Cont ribut ed by Carl Willis on Jul 18, 2005

Sc r ipt ur e: 2 Corinthians 13:5
Denominat ion: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Summary: Taking st ock of what ’s in your heart

Year End Inventory

2 Corint hians 13:5

December 26, 2004

2 Corint hians 13:5 (NLT )

Examine yourselves to see if your fait h is really genuine. Test yourselves. If you cannot t ell t hat Jesus
Christ is among you, it means you have failed t he t est .

Examine Your Consecrat ion

And so, dear brot hers and sist ers, I plead wit h you to give your bodies to God. Let t hem be a living and
holy sacrifice—t he kind he will accept . When you t hink of what he has done for you, is t his too much to
ask?

Romans 12:1 (NLT )

Examine Your Consecrat ion

Are you dedicat ed to Him?

Is all you have dedicat ed to Him?

Is each part of your body commit t ed to God for His service?

• Romans 6:13, 16, 19

Romans 6:13 (NLT )

Do not let any part of your body become a tool of wickedness, to be used for sinning. Inst ead, give
yourselves complet ely to God since you have been given new life. And use your whole body as a tool to
do what is right for t he glory of God.

Romans 6:16 (NLT )

Don’t you realize t hat what ever you choose to obey becomes your mast er? You can choose sin, which
leads to deat h, or you can choose to obey God and receive his approval.
Romans 6:19 (NLT )

I speak t his way, using t he illust rat ion of slaves and mast ers, because it is easy to underst and. Before,
you let yourselves be slaves of impurit y and lawlessness. Now you must choose to be slaves of
right eousness so t hat you will become holy.

You Should Examine

Your Conduct

And you should follow my example, just as I follow Christ ’s.

1 Corint hians 11:1 (NLT )

You Should Examine

Your Conduct

How Is Your Home Life?

How Is Your Social Life?

• Ephesians 5:11

Ephesians 5:11 (NLT )

Take no part in t he wort hless deeds of evil and darkness; inst ead, rebuke and expose t hem.

You Should Examine

Your Conduct

How is your home life?

How is your social life?

How do ot hers view t he way you live out your fait h?

• Ephesians 5:15-16

Ephesians 5:15-16 (NLT )

So be careful how you live, not as fools but as t hose who are wise. [16] Make t he most of every
opport unit y for doing good in t hese evil days.

Examine Your Influence

"You are t he salt of t he eart h. But what good is salt if it has lost it s flavor? Can you make it useful
again? It will be t hrown out and t rampled underfoot as wort hless. [14] You are t he light of t he world—like
a cit y on a mount ain, glowing in t he night for all to see. [15] Don’t hide your light under a basket ! Inst ead,
put it on a st and and let it shine for all. [16] In t he same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see,
so t hat everyone will praise your heavenly Fat her.

Mat t hew 5:13-16 (NLT )

Examine Your Influence

Is your light shining?

• Philippians 2:15

Philippians 2:15 (NLT )

So t hat no one can speak a word of blame against you. You are to live clean, innocent lives as children
of God in a dark world full of crooked and perverse people. Let your lives shine bright ly before t hem.

Examine Your Influence

Is your light shining?

What are you doing to make t he Light wit hin you visible?

• Mat t hew 5:16

Mat t hew 5:16 (NLT )

In t he same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so t hat everyone will praise your heavenly
Fat her.

Examine Your Love

But if anyone has enough money to live well and sees a brot her or sist er in need and refuses to help—
how can God’s love be in t hat person?

[18] Dear children, let us stop just saying we love each ot her; let us really show it by our act ions.

1 John 3:17-18 (NLT )

Examine Your Love

Do people see it in your act ions and charact er?

Examine Your Ideals

Don’t copy t he behavior and customs of t his world, but let God t ransform you into a new person by
changing t he way you t hink. T hen you will know what God want s you to do, and you will know how good
and pleasing and perfect his will really is.

Romans 12:2 (NLT )

Examine Your Ideals

What is God’s good and perfect will for your life?

Examine Your At t it ude

If I had t he gift of prophecy, and if I knew all t he myst eries of t he fut ure and knew everyt hing about
everyt hing, but didn’t love ot hers, what good would I be? And if I had t he gift of fait h so t hat I could
speak to a mount ain and make it move, wit hout love I would be no good to anybody.

1 Corint hians 13:2 (NLT )

Examine Your At t it ude

Toward Christ

• John 14:15

John 14:15 (NLT )

"If you love me, obey my commandment s.

Examine Your At t it ude

Toward Christ

Towards ot hers

• Galat ians 5:13

Galat ians 5:13 (NLT )

For you have been called to live in freedom—not freedom to sat isfy your sinful nat ure, but freedom to
serve one anot her in love.

Examine Your At t it ude

Toward Christ

Towards ot hers

Towards yourself

• Romans 12:3

Romans 12:3 (NLT )

As God’s messenger, I give each of you t his warning: Be honest in your est imat e of yourselves,
measuring your value by how much fait h God has given you.

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