OF SELF-DENIAL, HUMILITY, MORTIFICATION, AND PATIENCE; 5-8

5. Do I, as a man of God, whose business is heavenly, flee from covetousness and the inordinate desire of gain; not seeking my own things so much as the things of Christ? 1 Tim. 6.10,11. But having food and raiment, have I learned therewith to be content? 1 Tim. 6.8.

6. Am I willing ‘to endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ?’ 2 Tim. 2.3. and am I learning to bear whatsoever God calls me to, ‘for the sake of the elect, that they may obtain salvation with eternal glory?’ 2 Tim.2.3. 10.

7. Am I more and more fortified against shame and suffering for the testimony of my Lord Jesus Christ? 2 Tim. 1.8-12.

8. Am I willing ‘to spend myself and to be spent for the good of the people, or even to be offered up, as a sacrifice for the service of their faith? and do I count nothing dear to me, that I may fulfil the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus?’ Phil. 2.17.2 Cor. 12.15. Acts 20.24.