Humility

Evening Devotions

Self-Examination for Tuesday [Virtue of Humility]

General Questions
1. Have I done anything today without considering how it might advance God's purposes, whether in small or large ways?
2. Have I been quick and eager to do what good I could do this day?
3. Have I sought God's purposes in all my interactions with other people today?

Questions Focusing on Humility
1. How have I sought to use this day to grow in my humility?
2. Have I sought to put myself entirely at God's disposal this day?
3. Have I done anything today in order to gain human praise or taken pleasure in such praise?
4. Have I entertained fantasies or desires for moving up in the world, or have my desires focused only on how to serve God and others?
5. Have I given myself credit for things God has accomplished through me?
6. Have I admitted when I was in the wrong?
7. Did my treatment of other people today show honor and respect, or haughtiness?
8. Have I refrained from justifying myself where God's honor was not at stake?

Extract from Prayer:

Jesus, Lamb of God... Keep me from seeing to please myself and to increase my fame or power, and let me desire only to advance your honor and your pleasure in the world. Let my ears be closed to human praise and alert only for your word: "Well done."

From Rev. John Wesley's "A Collection of Forms of Prayer for Every Day of the Week" (1733) as adapted by David A. deSilva