Value Questions

Value Discerning Questions

Use questions like those below to help you identify your values for yourself. Go ahead write the musings that lead to the answers in your notebook. They’ll be fun to read ten or twelve years from now:

1. Is it a lifelong challenge?

2. Is it the outgrowth of a deeply held belief?

3. Is it the outgrowth of an unswerving conviction?

4. Will pursuing its fulfillment lead me along acceptable scriptural paths?

5. Does it demand or expect God to do something that may not be within His will for me?

6. Does it adequately express a secret longing, far-fetched dream, or deep-seated desire?

7. What about my personal character will hinder accomplishing anything I call a value for my life?

8. Can I identify blind spots for myself that might be hindering me from seeing biblical values clearly for myself?

9. Is there someone I can ask about this topic of values and blind spots ?