Good Questions For Living A Great Life (Listening To God For All He’s Worth In Psalm 40)

           Good Questions For Living A Great Life
     (Listening To God For All He’s Worth In Psalm 40)
               © Lee Wise All rights reserved

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Reflecting On Verses 1-4…

Assuming that waiting patiently before the Lord is a part of
the growth process for my life as a believer, I might ask:

“Am I waiting patiently for the Lord as I should… or am I
trusting less and worrying more than necessary?”

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Reflecting On Verse 5…

Realizing that seeing the wonders of God throughout the days
of my life should always be a part of my life, I might ask:

“How am I doing at seeing the things I should be seeing
while I still have time to see them?”

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Reflecting On Verses 6-8…

Knowing that the desires of my heart should match the
desires of God’s heart, I might ask:

“Am I continuing to take on the life-long task of putting my
heart in the right place, at the right time, for all of
God’s right reasons?”

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Reflecting On Verses 9-12,17…

Realizing that love, truth, and complete openness before the
Lord should find their way into my life on a regular basis,
I might ask:

“Am I sharing good things about the good God I know while
being open enough to share the junk I don’t want anyone to
know with the God who knows it all anyway?” 

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Reflecting On Verses 13-16

Understanding that it’s okay to lay all I’m feeling before
the Lord while striving to lift him up in all areas of my
life, I might ask:

“Am I sharing my pain and frustrations with the Lord while
at the same time being careful to enjoy him whenever and
however I can… with his help?” 

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Speaking Of Questions

Hi,

I found myself reading this article today and thought
I’d pass it on.

Enjoy,

Lee

    SPEAKING OF QUESTIONS
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“What passage of Scripture is guiding, challenging or
changing my life right now?”

“How much does what matters to the Father matter to me?”

Taking even a casual journey through the notebook where I
respond to messages I hear would inevitably lead you to
discover a variety of questions.

Questions like the two you just read.

The practice of crafting a question for personal
consideration usually takes place after coming into contact
with a thought that captures my attention.

Striving to create a good question for myself reflects an
attempt to interact with the information I’m being exposed
to in a positive manner.

Not infrequently my inquiries find their expression in
prayers to the Lord.

“What, Lord, ‘from the center’ were you trying to teach me
this summer?”

“Lord, am I involved with life the way you want me to be
involved?”

“In view of these times, what do you want from me?”

SUGGESTIONS

Should you desire to grow in the art of designing questions
to use for your own personal development, let me suggest
that you…

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Begin With A Question!

Ask yourself, “How can I create somemthing that will speak
to my heart as a result of the information I just came in
contact with?”

Then design a question or two that serves to bring
everything together *for you.*

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Don’t Write “Good.”  Write For You.

By way of example, the question you read previously may not
make any sense to you.  It might not “sound” right.

“What, Lord, ‘from the center’ were you trying to teach me
this summer?”

But it means everything to me.  The phrase “from the center”
and Lee Wise go way back. We could be described as a team.

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Practice And Record

Keep refining the art, and consider placing your questions
in a location where they can be reviewed.

Write them in your journal or create them during your
devotional time.

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Don’t Go Overboard!

You don’t need 16,000 questions written in a way that causes
you to experience so much guilt that you can’t get out of
bed in the morning — let alone create more in your quiet
time!

And don’t think you need to make in depth responses to each
and every question you design.

Look at your questions as tools the Lord can use during
various times in your life.  He may use a question for you
to reflect on for a moment, a day, or even a year.

“Go with the flow” and follow His lead.

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