SPIRITUAL INVENTORY
W. E. Sangster describes the realities in his world when he concludes that he is spiritually dried out (P. Sangster, Doctor Sangster, pg. 90): “I am a minister of God, and yet my private life is a failure in these ways: a. I am irritable and easily put out. b. I am impatient with my wife and children. c. I am deceitful in that I often express private annoyance when a caller is announced and simulate pleasure when I actually greet them. d. From an examination of my heart, I conclude that most of my study has been crudely ambitions: that I wanted degrees more than knowledge and praise rather than equipment for service. e. Even in my preaching I fear that I am more often wondering what the people think of me, than what they think about my Lord and His word. f. I have long felt in a vague way, that something was hindering the effectiveness of my ministry and…
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