Have You Taken A Spiritual Audit Lately?

Yesterday in the class i am teaching here at OMSC in New Haven CT I spoke about how to take a spiritual audit.  Many of us struggle with a chronic gnawing anxiety because we don’t feel our spiritual life is adequate but most of us rarely spend time evaluating how healthy our spiritual life really is.

I think this is something that all of us should do on a regular basis.  If this is something you struggle with take some time to answer the questions below.  If possible get away for half a day (or longer if you can) and combine this with a time of listening for God’s voice and direction.  I like to start with some general questions about my life and then move to more specific spiritual questions.

Look back over the last week or month:

• What are you most grateful for?
• What have been your greatest struggles?
• What have been the major pressures in your life?  Where do you think the pressure comes from and what are the underlying causes? How do they affect your spiritual well being?
• What daily and weekly events set the rhythm for your life?  Which of these contribute to your spiritual well being and which detract from it?

How well are you maintaining your spiritual life:

• Are you happy with where you are at in your spiritual journey?
• What do you do on a regular basis to nurture your spiritual life?
• What are the major distractions that interfere with regular spiritual disciplines?

How has God spoken to you in the last week:

1. through prayer
2. through scripture
3. through the needs of others
4. through the words of others
5. through other means

What changes is God prompting  you to make in order to further your spiritual growth:

1. In your daily or weekly commitments and rhythms?
2. In your spiritual routines?

How will you ensure that these changes are adhered to?