06.04.T03-SA — Self-Assessment: My Purity and Self-Control
06.04.T03-SA — Self-Assessment: My Purity and Self-Control
Instructions
Reflect honestly on your attitudes, desires, emotions, habits and conduct. Circle the score that best reflects your current reality rather than what you hope to become.
| Self-Assessment Statement | Score (1–5) |
|---|---|
| I manage my thoughts and desires in a manner that promotes purity and self-control. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| I deliberately guard my mind against influences that weaken purity and self-control. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| I regulate my emotions in ways that strengthen purity and self-control. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| I maintain purity and self-control when experiencing emotional or physical attraction. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| My private conduct reflects the same commitment to purity and self-control that I profess publicly. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| I maintain purity and self-control even when nobody is watching. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| I depend on God rather than unhealthy substitutes when purity and self-control are under pressure. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| I regard purity and self-control as my personal responsibility before God. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
Total Score: ______ / 40
Part A: Managing My Thoughts and Desires
1. Which thoughts or desires pose the greatest threat to my purity and self-control?
2. When emotional or physical attraction begins to influence my judgement, how well do I maintain purity and self-control?
3. What practical steps can I take to guard my thoughts in order to strengthen my purity and self-control?
Part B: Regulating My Emotions
4. Which emotions are most likely to weaken my purity and self-control?
☐ Loneliness
☐ Desire for affection
☐ Rejection
☐ Frustration
☐ Insecurity
☐ Stress
☐ Fear
☐ Other: ______________________
5. How have these emotions affected my purity and self-control in the past?
6. What changes do I need to make to ensure that my emotions strengthen rather than weaken my purity and self-control?
Part C: Examining My Private Conduct
7. What hidden habit, struggle or pattern of behaviour poses the greatest threat to my purity and self-control?
8. In what situations am I most likely to compromise my purity and self-control?
9. What changes do I need to make to ensure that my private conduct reflects purity and self-control consistently?
Part D: Facing Vulnerability Honestly
10. When I feel lonely, stressed, emotionally empty or vulnerable, what effect does this have on my purity and self-control?
11. What unhealthy substitutes am I tempted to use when purity and self-control come under pressure?
12. How can I depend more fully on God to strengthen my purity and self-control during vulnerable seasons?
Part E: Applying the Lessons from the Feature Stories
13. Which lesson from Joy Nyabongo and her husband's experience would strengthen my purity and self-control?
14. Which of Stephen's behaviours would pose the greatest threat to my purity and self-control if it appeared in my life? Why?
15. What does Ruth and Boaz's conduct teach me about maintaining purity and self-control in vulnerable situations?
16. Which lesson from the feature stories do I most need to apply in order to strengthen my purity and self-control?
Part F: My Readiness for Marriage
17. Which aspect of purity currently represents my greatest strength?
18. Which aspect of self-control currently requires the greatest improvement?
19. If a prospective marriage partner assessed my purity and self-control honestly, what strengths would be evident?
20. If a prospective marriage partner assessed my purity and self-control honestly, what concerns might be identified?
Before I Move On
21. Complete the statement below.
The area of purity that requires the greatest attention in my life is ________________________________________________.
22. Complete the statement below.
The aspect of self-control I most need to strengthen is ________________________________________________.
23. Complete the statement below.
The lesson from this chapter that I most need to apply in order to strengthen my purity and self-control is ________________________________________________.
24. Complete the statement below.
After studying this chapter, I now understand that purity and self-control are essential because ________________________________________________.
