This Christian's Worldview

Spiritual Inventory
Satan is a liar (John 8:42–47) and God tells us the truth so that we can be free of Satan and his lies and our besetting sins (John 8:31–41). Therefore, it is imperative that we confess our sins, are truthful, and invite the light of God to shine into our darkest places (1 John 1:5–2:6). This process of complete and total honesty can be very painful as we name our sins and the most private and scarred portions of our soul. Your temptation may be to partially confess or withhold a few things that you feel are too embarrassing or painful to admit, but you must be completely honest with yourself and with God so that you can join God in the truth and be forgiven and restored. So, please take some time to answer the following questions truthfully on another sheet of paper, trusting that God loves you as His child and desires to make you whole and well through His grace.

• Please read Galatians 5:19–21 and list each thing that has been a besetting and/or habitual sin for you.
• Please read Colossians 3:5–8 and list each thing that has been a besetting and/or habitual sin for you.
• Please read Mark 7:21–23 and list each thing that has been a besetting and/or habitual sin for you.
• Please consider the following list and list each thing that has been besetting and/or habitual for you: bestiality, habitual lying, physically unhealthy, masturbation, lying, pornography, ongoing depression, suicidal thoughts, alcohol abuse, drug use, anger, blasphemy, violence, self-inflicted injury, rape, incest, eating disorders, mental illness, pedophilia, and anything else that comes to mind.
• Please consider the following list of sins that may have been committed against you or by you: rape, incest, molestation, other forms of abuse (e.g., physical, sexual, mental, emotional), as well as anything else that comes to mind.
• Please briefly explain any involvement you may have had with the occult, witchcraft, or anything spiritual other than orthodox biblical Christianity.
• Please briefly list any of your ancestors and any activity they may have been involved in with the occult, witchcraft, other religions, drug use, alcohol abuse, sexual deviancy, rape, incest, mental illness, and anything else listed above or that comes to mind.
• Please briefly describe your sleeping patterns, including any inability to sleep and ongoing nightmares or disturbances.
• Please briefly list any paranormal/supernatural experiences you have had.
• Please briefly list any voices you hear and what they generally speak to you in the exact words that you hear or think.
• Please briefly list the main two or three things that you would like resolved immediately.
• Please read 1 John 4 slowly and pray each part that strikes you, honestly speaking with God about the things His Holy Spirit brings to mind.
• Please name the godly person you want to join us.

Satan and Demons in Scripture
For further insight on Satan, demons, and their involvement in our world, it would benefit you to set aside some time to read the following passages of Scripture. Since this list is exhaustive, you may wish to simply read the sections in Genesis, Isaiah, Zechariah, Luke, Acts, 2 Corinthians, Ephesians, Colossians, 1 Timothy, James, 1 Peter, and 1 John.

• Genesis 3
• Exodus 20:5
• Leviticus 17:7–9; 19:31; 20:27; 19:31
• Numbers 22–24
• Deuteronomy 32:16–17
• Judges 9:23–24
• 1 Samuel 10–12; 16:14–23; 18:10–12, 19, 28, 31
• 1 Kings 22:1–28
• 1 Chronicles 21:1–2
• Job 1:6–2:10; 26:6
• Psalm 106:37
• Proverbs 27:20
• Isaiah 14:1–23
• Ezekiel 28:1–19
• Zechariah 3:1–2; 13:1–2

• Matthew 4:1–11, 23–25; 7:21–23; 8:14–17, 28–34; 9:32–34; 10:1, 8, 24–25; 11:18; 12:22–37, 43–45; 13:37–39; 15:21–28; 16:22–23; 17:14–23; 25:41
• Mark 1:21–28, 32–34, 39; 3:10–11, 14–15, 20–30; 4:15; 5:1–20; 6:7, 13; 7:24–30; 8:31–33; 9:14–32, 38–41; 16:9, 17–18
• Luke 4:1–13, 31–37; 6:17–19; 7:33; 8:1–3, 26–39; 9:1–2, 37–43; 10:17–24; 11:14–28; 13:10–17, 31–32; 22:1–6
• John 6:70; 7:14–20; 8:42–52a; 10:19–21; 13:2, 27; 17:15
• Acts 5:1–11, 16; 8:4–8, 9–25; 10:38; 13:9–10; 19:11–22; 26:15–18
• Romans 8:37–39; 16:20
• 1 Corinthians 5:1–6:11; 7:5; 10:14–22
• 2 Corinthians 2:10–11; 4:2–4; 6:15; 11:1–15; 12:7–10
• Galatians 1:8; 2:21
• Ephesians 1:19b–2:3; 2:10–11; 4:17–32; 5:8–21; 6:10–20
• Colossians 2:13–15
• 1 Thessalonians 2:18–19
• 2 Thessalonians 2:1–12
• 1 Timothy 1:18–20; 3:6–7; 4:1–2; 5:11–15
• Hebrews 2:14
• James 2:19; 4:1–12
• 1 Peter 5:8–11
• 2 Peter 2:1–22
• 1 John 2:15–27; 3:4–15; 4:1–6; 5:18–21
• 2 John 7
• Jude 5–16
• Revelation 2:8–11, 12–17; 3:7–13; 9:1–11; 12:1–17; 13:4–9, 11–15; 16:13–14; 18:2; 20:1–4, 7–15