It’s always good to be on the lookout for when we are slipping dangerously close to spiritual peril. To that end, consider the following signals:
- When prayer is a burden and not a privilege.
- When Bible reading is dull and puts me to sleep.
- When the sermon is too long.
- When the preacher’s sermons make me angry.
- When I try to makes excuses for my sins.
- When I feel I am being left out.
- When I do not like singing.
- When I have to be noticed and constantly visited to be present.
- When I am sick and want others to visit and yet I never visit anyone.
- When someone is restored and I do not rejoice with them.
- When visitors attend and I visit with my clique.
- When it bothers me to be called on to give more.
- When I get all the religion I want and think I need in one hour a week.
When these things happen, watch out for spiritual decay! “And I … could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal” (1 Corinthians 3:1).
Kyle Campbell