There are 22 questions the members of John Wesley’s Holy Club asked themselves every day in their private devotions over 200 years ago. These questions are vast, but still incredibly pertinent to our lives today. As I am cleaning, organizing, and making plans for change in this new year I am longing to find ways to continue bettering myself and growing deeper in my faith. These questions are a tool to help me keep my life in check and growing closer to Christ every day.

1. Am I consciously or unconsciously creating the impression that I am better than I really am? In other words, am I a hypocrite?

2. Am I honest in all my acts and words, 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 Bible live in me today?

8. Do I give it time to speak to me every day?

9. Am I enjoying prayer?

10. When did I last speak to someone else 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 publican?

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?

The language reflects a way of life 200 years ago, but the message remains. May your new year be full of contemplation and many blessings as you continue to increase your faith and grow closer to God in this new decade!

Your partner in growth,

Pastor Christy