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Connect With God Ways Assessment

 

Please rate the following statements, 1 being almost never true and 5 being almost always true. Answer with your first impression.

 

 

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I feel closest to God when I'm surrounded by what He has made - the mountains, forests, or the ocean.

I feel cut off if I have to spend too much time indoors, just listening to speakers or singing songs. Nothing makes me feel closer to God than being outside.

I would rather worship God by spending an hour beside a small brook than by participating in a group service.

If I could escape to a garden to pray on a cold day, walk through a meadow on a warm day, and take a trip by myself to the mountains on another day, I would be very happy.

Rate how much this statement resonates with you: "Let me be outdoors with God"

Seeing God's beauty in nature is more moving to me than understanding new concepts, participating in formal religious service, or participating in social causes.

I feel closest to God when I'm in a church that allows my senses to come alive - when I can see, smell, hear, and almost taste His majesty.

I enjoy attending a church service where there are candles, insense, communion, or other phsycial elements being used in the experience.

I have a difficult time worshipping in a building that is plain and lacks a sense of awe or majesty. I connect with God through beautiful music and art.

Please rate how much this statement resonates with you: "Let me experience God."

I'm naturally drawn to museaums and concerts more than I am inclined to walk in the woods, work in a soup kitchen, or read a book by myself.

I would really enjoy using drawing exercises, taking communion, or classical music playing in the background to improve my prayer life.

I feel close to God when I'm participating in a familiar form of worship that has memories dating back to my childhood. Traditions move me to connect with God.

I begin to feel close to God when I lay something on the altar, giving it up for Him.

Participating in a formal prayer or psalm service, making symbols I can place in my car, home, or office, and developing a Christian Calendar for our family to follow are activities I would enjoy.

Please rate how much this statement resonates with you: "Let me remember the things God has done."

I would really enjoy developing a personal bible reading plan or daily prayer time.

I feel close to God when I am alone and there is nothing to distract me from focusing on His presence.

I can hear God when I am still.

Taking a retreat by myself in a place where I could spend large amounts of time alone praying, studying God's word, and fasting for one or more days are all activities I would enjoy.

Rate how much this statement resonates with you: "Let me be alone with God."

I connect with God through things like late night prayer, silence, and simplifying my life.

I feel closest to God when I am cooperating with Him in standing up for His justice: writing letters to government officials and newspaper editors, picketing at a place of injustice, urging people to vote, or becoming informed about current issues.

I get very frustrated if I see apathy in the church. I want to drop everything I'm doing to help the church become active.

Activities such as confronting a social evil, attending a meeting of the local school board to challenge new curriculum, and volunteering on a political campaign are important to me.

Rate how much this statement resonates with you: "Let me see God conquer."

I would rather stand in the rain for an hour to confront an evil than sit in a room by myself for an hour to pray, take a walk through the woods, or spend an hour reading a book.

I feel close to God when I see Him in the needy, the poor, the sick, and the imprisoned. I connect with God when I am sitting quietly by the bed of someone who is lonely or ill or when I am taking a meal to someone in need. You can count on me to offer a ride or to volunteer for helping activities.

I grow weary of singing songs when I know of a neighbor going without a hot meal or a family in need of help.

I feel God's presence when I am counseling a friend who lost a job, preparing meals for a family in need, or spending time at an orphanage.

Rate how much this statement resonates with you: "Let me be care for what God cares for.""

I would rather nurse someone to health or help someone repair their house than teach an adult Sunday school class, go on a prayer retreat, or take a walk in the woods.

I feel closest to God when my heart is sent soaring and I feel like I want to burst, worship God all day long, and shout out His name. Celebrating God and His love is my favourite form of worship.

I feel energized when I take a spiritual risk on behalf of God or see God move in a supernatural way. Tradition and ritual put me to sleep; I serve a supernatural God and am excited to see Him move in unexpected ways.

I would enjoy attending a workshop on learning to worship through dance or a worship session with contemporary music. I expect that God is going to move in some unexpected ways.

Rate how much this statement resonates with you: "Let me celebrate God"

I spend more time listening to worship music than regular music.

I feel close to God when my emotions are awakened, when God quietly touches my heart, tells me that He loves me, and makes me feel like I'm His closest friend. I would rather be alone with God contemplating His love than participating in a formal liturgy or being distracted by a walk outside.

The most difficult times in my faith are when I can't feel God's presence within me.

I really enjoy having thirty minutes of uninterrupted time each day to sit in quiet prayer with God, journaling, and enjoying His presence.

Rate how much this statement resonates with you: "Let me feel God"

I feel close to God when I learn something new about Him that I didn't understand before. My mind needs to be stimulated. It's very important to me that I know exactly what I believe.

I get frustrated when others focus too much on feelings or experience. I feel the need to understand the Christian faith and have proper doctrine is far more important.

Rate how much this statement resonates with you: "Let me think and learn about God.""

I feel close to God when I participate in a time of uninterrupted study - reading the Bible or good christian books and then having an opportunity to teach or participate in a discussion with a small group.

I'd much prefer a good Christian study book or podcast where I get to learn something new than listening to hours of worship songs.

When I think of God, I think of love, friendship, and adoration more than anything else.