Processing Questions

A set of reflective, ministry-tested questions for processing your walk with God, your rest, your relationships, and your calling. Slow down with a few at a time — in a journal, with a mentor, or with your spouse.

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Year-End & Season Reflection

  • What disappointments are you experiencing with God in this season?
  • In what areas of your life do you feel hopeless or helpless for God to move?
  • What goals are you working on?
  • To reach your goals this year — what do you need to STOP doing and what do you need to START doing?
  • What were the top highlights of this past year?
  • What were the biggest difficulties you experienced this past year?
  • How do you want to grow your relationship with God in this new year?
  • What is God telling you in this season?
  • How do you want to improve your relationship with your spouse/your kids/your teammates/your local partners in this new year?

Intimacy with and Vibrancy in Christ

  • What are you finding to stir your faith?
  • Describe your spiritual walk right now.
  • What spiritual disciplines do you find most helpful for growing in Christ-likeness? For gaining intimacy with God?
  • How might you take your spirituality to a different level?
  • How is desperation for God created or acknowledged in a heart?
  • What is the biggest challenge to your intimacy in Christ right now?
  • Christ is asking, “Do you want a movement or Me”?
  • With what intentionality are you pursuing Jesus?
  • What is God saying to you?
  • What would practically help you to grow in friendship with Jesus?
  • What’s God saying to you right now? Is it exciting to you?
  • What are you hoping God will do this year? What do you think is your part to play?

Margins, Rest and Reflection Time

  • What does rest look like for you, and how are you entering into it?
  • Are you able to say “no”?
  • How much are you saying “no” to so you can say “yes” to consistently refueling?
  • Have you taken a personal day off this quarter?
  • How do you spend your Sabbath?
  • How are you tending to your own soul?
  • Do you have a balanced, godly rhythm to your life?
  • How are you experiencing community in your life?
  • Are you in an accountability relationship? How do you connect and how is it going?

Stress, Challenges and Depletedness

  • What keeps you up at night?
  • What stresses you out?
  • What are you doing to prevent burnout?
  • Do you feel you don’t have anything to offer in any areas of your life?
  • Are you going through the motions?
  • What is the biggest obstacle to you getting quality time with Jesus?
  • Who affirms or encourages you? Who do you affirm or encourage?

Fullness

  • Are you moving out of an overflow of your life in Christ or from reserves from your past time with Jesus?
  • Do you feel you are able to pour your life into others, or are you empty?
  • What do you do to fill yourself spiritually and get refreshed?
  • How are you doing at depending on God for strength, guidance and family?
  • What would help you get to what you want?
  • What life-giving things are a part of your weekly schedule?
  • Where does it feel like the enemy attacks you most in your life?
  • What do you see as your biggest strengths? Biggest weaknesses?
  • Where in your life do you feel the most shame?
  • What breakthroughs have you been experiencing recently?
  • If you could go back in time one year, what advice would you give yourself?
  • Do you have a regular practice of a 24-hour Sabbath?
  • Do you schedule times for spiritual rest and renewal?
  • Do you have a personal intercession team? How do you equip them?

Family

  • How are the spiritual needs of your family being met?
  • Are each of your family members getting enough of your time and attention? Does your calendar show a God-honoring balance between family and ministry?
  • What do you do to nurture a deepening relationship with your spouse?
  • Are your children growing and maturing in their faith, and are they ready to make a personal commitment to follow Christ?
  • What needs do your children living away from you have? What are your plans to meet those needs?

Team Questions

  • Describe your current team members.
  • How does your team function?
  • How are team relationships going?
  • Are there fellowship times?

Ministry Questions

  • What are your current responsibilities? Are you attending well to those or spending lots of time on other pursuits?
  • What do you hope to see happen?
  • What is going well in ministry, what is going poorly?
  • What do you enjoy the most in your ministry? Is your ministry a good fit for you?
  • What are your greatest struggles in ministry at this time?
  • What one thing would be most beneficial to your ministry right now?