Questions to help us realize who and what we, as children of God are:
*Have I sought to understand and live in the assurance of my adoption? Do I spend time dwelling on the love of God to and for me?
*Do I understand my adoption? Do I value it? Do I daily remind myself of my privilege as a child of God?
*Do I treat God as my Father in heaven, loving, honoring and obeying Him, seeking and welcoming His fellowship, and trying in everything to please Him, as a human parent would want a child to do?
*Do I think of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, as my brother too, granting to me divine authority and divine-human love and sympathy?
*Do I often think how close He is to me, how completely He understands me, and how much He cares for me?
*Have I learned to hate the things that displease my Father? Am I sensitive to evil things to which He is sensitive? Do I make a point to avoid them, so as not to grieve Him?
*Do I look forward daily to that great day when the children of God will finally gather in heaven before the throne of God, our Father, and our brother and Lord? Have I felt the thrill of this thought?
*Do I love my Christian brothers and sisters with whom I live day by day, in a way that I will not be ashamed of when, in heaven, I think back over it?
*Am I proud of my Father, and of His family, to which by His grace I belong?
*Does the family likeness appear in me? If not, why not?