Self-Examination: Let Each Man Examine Himself According To God’s Word by ‘Brother Bill’
Are You Living a Purposeful or Purposeless Life?
A Self-Examination with NKJV Scripture
1. “Are you living a purposeful or purposeless existence?”
God did not create anyone to drift. Purpose begins with Him:
“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
— Ephesians 2:10 NKJV
Purposeless living happens when we ignore the works He prepared beforehand and instead create our own path without seeking His direction.
2. “What are the real desires of your heart, gifts, and skills?”
Your desires matter — but they must be aligned with God:
“Delight yourself also in the LORD,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.”
— Psalm 37:4 NKJV
God deposited gifts within you on purpose:
“Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them…”
— Romans 12:6 NKJV
And He expects you to steward them:
“A man’s gift makes room for him,
And brings him before great men.”
— Proverbs 18:16 NKJV
3. “What is stopping you?”
Often it’s fear, self-doubt, or sin. Scripture calls these out directly:
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
— 2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV
If fear stops you, it didn’t come from God.
If sin stops you, God has provided the way out:
“Therefore lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.”
— Hebrews 12:1 NKJV
4. “Why do we choose fantasy over reality?”
Because fantasy allows escape; reality requires responsibility, truth, and surrender.
“The heart is deceitful above all things,
And desperately wicked;
Who can know it?”
— Jeremiah 17:9 NKJV
In a video game world where Fantasy feeds the deceitful heart.
Truth frees it:
“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
— John 8:32 NKJV
5. “Are you spending your life fearing failures and death?”
Fear of death is a prison — but Christ destroyed its power.
“…that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.”
— Hebrews 2:14–15 NKJV
If you are in Christ, death is not the end — it is gain:
“For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”
— Philippians 1:21 NKJV
6. “Are you envious of what you don’t have or grateful for what you do have?”
Envy destroys joy:
“A sound heart is life to the body,
But envy is rottenness to the bones.”
— Proverbs 14:30 NKJV
Gratitude is a command:
“In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
— 1 Thessalonians 5:18 NKJV
And Godliness with gratitude leads to contentment:
“Now godliness with contentment is great gain.”
— 1 Timothy 6:6 NKJV
7. “If we are in God’s ‘ask, seek, knock’ race, fulfill our only competition is our former self.”
Yes — the race is not against other people but against who we used to be.
Jesus said:
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find;
knock, and it will be opened to you.”
— Matthew 7:7 NKJV
Paul describes this race:
“Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.
I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
— Philippians 3:13–14 NKJV
It’s not about being better than others.
It’s about being transformed in Christ:
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”
— 2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV
A Prayer to Anchor Our Purpose
Heavenly Father, reveal the purpose You prepared for me.
Remove fear, fantasy, envy, and purposeless living from my heart.
Align my desires with Your will, awaken my gifts, and help me run my race
not against others but against my old self.
Grant me courage to ask, seek, knock, and obey/fulfill .
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
1. Doubting Stops Us (Lack of Faith)
James 1:6–7 (NKJV)
“But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord.”
Doubt stops us from receiving.
2. Being Double-Minded Stops Us
James 1:8 (NKJV)
“he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.”
3. Our Own Desires Stop Us
James 1:14–15 (NKJV)
“But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.”
4. Pride Stops Us
James 4:6 (NKJV)
“God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
5. Wrong Motives Stop Our Prayers
James 4:3 (NKJV)
“You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.”
6. Friendship With the World Stops Our Walk With God
James 4:4 (NKJV)
“…friendship with the world is enmity with God.”
7. Not Doing What We Hear Stops Our Growth
James 1:22 (NKJV)
“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”
In one sentence:
James says we are stopped by doubt, double-mindedness, pride, wrong motives, worldly friendship, and our own desires—and by hearing without obeying.
So, since self discipline is a gift of God’s spirit ask seek knock and obey through Christ Jesus I can do all things ,without him I can do nothing. Sooo whatever’s stopping you is not from God but the envious world,fearful self or Satan. However God is greater than all these, so try him and see. John7:17 We tend to limit ourselves God doesn’t.
Blessings on your greatest adventure brother bill/dad
