The following questions are taken from Salvation Army Orders and Regulations for Soldiers, 1950:
- Am I habitually guilty of any known sin? Do I practice or allow myself in any thought, word or deed which I know to be wrong?
- Am I the master of my bodily appetites so as to have no condemnation? Do I allow myself in any indulgence that hurts my holiness, growth, obedience, or usefulness?
- Are my thoughts and feelings such that I wouldn’t be ashamed to hear them published before God?
- Does the influence of the world cause me to act, or feel or say things that do not show the love of God?
- Am I doing all in my power for the salvation of sinners?
- Am I fulfilling the vows and promises I have made before God in the past?
- Does what I do as a Christian match what I say about being a Christian?
- Am I consious of any pride in my life?
- Do I conform to the fashions and customs of this world or do I show that I despise them?
- Am I in danger of being carried away with worldly desires to be rich or admired?
These are questions members of John Wesley’s HOLY CLUB asked themselves each day over 200 years ago:
- Am I consiously or unconsiously creating the impression that I am better than I really am? In other words, am I a hypocrite?
- Am I honest in all my acts and words, or do I exaggerate?
- Do I confidentially pass on to another what was told to me in confidence?
- Can I be trusted?
- Am I a slave to dress, friends, work, or habits?
- Am I self-consious, self-pitying, or self-justifying?
- Did the Bible live in me today?
- Do I give it time to speak to me every day?
- Am I enjoying prayer?
- When did I last speak to someone else about my faith?
- Do I pray about the money I spend?
- Do I go to bed on time and get up on time?
- Do I disobey God in anything?
- Do I insist upon doing something about which my conscience is uneasy?
- Am I defeated in any part of my life?
- Am I jealous, impure, critical, irritable, touchy, or distrustful?
- How do I spend my spare time?
- Am I proud?
- Do I thank God that I am not like other people?
- Is there anyone whom I fear, dislike, disown, critisize, hold a resentment toward or disregard?
- Do I grumble or complain constantly?
- Is Christ real to me?
