- How much God speaks to us and answers our prayers.
- How articulate we are with a mic in hand on centre stage before an attentive audience.
- How beautiful we sing as we lead worship in church.
- How many Christian retreats, conferences, and church services we attend.
- How much we give to people in need when others will notice.
- How elevated we are in our church position.
- How much money and material wealth God has blessed us with.
- How amazingly healthy we are compared to others.
- How attractive and physically appealing we are to others.
- How much we fast with a sense of spiritual pride and open announcement.
- How careful we are to notice a new-comer in the church and, beyond just welcoming them, make a real effort to get to know them.
- How much we love and support our husbands or wives emotionally, physically, and spiritually, even through times of debilitating illnesses such as cancer.
- How careful we are to avoid speaking only about ourselves, but instead listen with interest to others when they talk.
- How much we have the feeling that we would rather die than intentionally hurt another human being.
- How quick we are to apologize to people whom we have wronged, instead of ignoring our mistakes and convincing ourselves that an apology is unnecessary.
- How quick we are to forgive those who have hurt us.
- How much we are willing to serve, instead of dictating and giving orders with the desire that everything has to be done our way.
- How much genuine praise and encouragement we give to others, even during times when our own self-esteem is not at its peak.
- How deeply and genuinely we love and care for all people, no matter how repulsive their past sins, because we know God can forgive.
- How we don't dishonour a person by taking their body for our own enjoyment and pleasure without establishing a covenant of marriage first.
True spirituality is giving our heart to God and having Him replace it with His.
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