A New Way for Introspection

(by Bible Lover Bill, September 2, 2005)

The Holy Spirit mentioned the word “priorities” last night just before I went to bed. I told
Him that I already done an inventory of my abilities. He said that wasn’t the need for me and for
some of those on e-mail list. He suggested doing a self-inventory in relation to the following list
“The Commandments of Jesus” (compiler unknown). I was surprised because I thought I would
do something more related to the Great Commission. (I was recently rebuked for emphasizing
the just mentioned in my website. The man claimed that Jesus Christ never gave the Great
Commission.) First I suggest that you put the following in an Excel Spreadsheet or make a table
in MS Word. Switch the order of the groups for this project: in order of Christian life. Use a 1-5
or 1-10 system with the higher number meaning either already done or all of the time. Decide
what are your needs for improvement and what should be your spiritual priorities and daily life
priorities. I will try to do such this weekend. I had a hard time getting to sleep Thursday night
because this excited me. I know that the results will help me. Below is my first phase before
reading the Scriptures.

Commandments of Jesus
Topic Area
1 Searching the Scriptures
2 Faith
3 Believe (Trust for Your Life)
4 The New Birth ("Born Again From
Above")
5 Receiving the Holy Spirit
6 Repentance (Change)
7 Following Jesus
8 Supreme Love to God
9 Prayer
10 Unselfish Love from God the Father 6
11 Meekness (Humbleness)
12 Against Covetousness
13 Against Hypocrisy
14 Wisdom
1-10 Scripture
9 Matthew 7:15-17 & 16:6-12; Mark 4:24; Luke
8:18 & 9:44; John 5:39 & 15:20
9 Matthew 6:25-34 & 14:27; Mark 5:36 & 11:22;
Luke 12:4-7 & 29; John 14:1-27 & 20:27
9 Mark 1:5 & 11:24; John 6:28-29, 10:37-38,
12:36, 14:1 & 11
10 Matthew 12:33 & 23:26; Mark 9:50; Luke
10:20; John 3:7, 6:27, & 15:4
10 Mark 7:27; Luke 11:5-13 & 24:49; John 7:37-
38, 14:15-17, 15:26, 16:24, & 20:22
7 Matthew 4:17 (Revelation 2:5), 6:33, 7:7, 11:25
& 28, & 16:24; Luke 13:24
7 Matthew 3:13-15, 7:24, 11:29, & 28:19; Luke
9:23 & 22:17-19; John 12:26, 13:14-15, 14:23,
& 15:9
8 Matthew 4:7 & 10, & 23:9; Mark 12:30; Luke
12:5, John 4:23-24 & 5:22-23
8 Matthew 6:6-8 & 9-13; Luke 6:28, 10:2, 21:36,
22:40-46; John 16:24-26
Matthew 5:39-41, 44, & 48, 19:21, 26:52; Luke
6:27-28 35, 12:33, 21:19
7 Matthew 11:29, 20:25, 23:8; Mark 10:43-44;
Luke 10:20, 14:8-11, & 17:10
3 Matthew 5:42, 6:19-20, & 23:23; Luke 11:41,
12:15 & 14:12-13
2 Matthew 6:1-6, & 16-18, 23:2-3; Luke 12:1,
20:46-47; John 2:16
7 Matthew 7:6, 10:11 & 16-17, 15:12-14; Luke
9:5, 10:10-11, 22:35-36
15 Letting Your "Light" Shine
16 Our Duty to God and Others
17 Our Love for Other Christians
18 Our Duty to Our "Neighbor"
19 Preaching the Gospel
20 Preparing to be Faithful Unto Death
21 Ready for the Second Coming of
Christ
“In conclusion, my priorities should be”:
1 Loving God more
2 Becoming more Christ-like
3 Sharing God’s truths with others
4 Searching the Scriptures and creating Bible study tools
5 Doing intercessory prayer
6 Counsel others
7 Go against unBiblical teaching and hypocrisy
5 Matthew 5:16; Mark 5:19; Luke 6:36 & 11:35;
John 4:35, 12:35, 15:8 & 16
6 Matthew 5:25 & 34-37, 19:5-6 & 17; Mark 4:22,
9:38-40, 12:17; Luke 10:8; John 6:12
6 Matthew 5:24, 7:1-5, 18:10-15; Mark 9:50; Luke
6:37 & 17:3-4; John 7:24 & 15:12
4 Matthew 19:17-19; Luke 6:31
1 Matthew 10:7-8 & 27, 28:19-20; Mark 4:22 &
16:15; Luke 24:46-47; John 21:15-17
6 Matthew 10:19 & 23; Luke 6:23 & 21:28; John
6:41; Revelation 2:10 & 3:11
7 Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 12:35-36, & 40, 17:31-32
& 21:8 & 34; Mark 13:5-6 & 34-37; Revelation
2:25 & 3:2-3