Following are 22 questions the members of John Wesley’s “Holy Club” asked themselves each day in their private devotions over 250 years ago.
1. Am I consciously or unconsciously creating the impression that I am better than I really am? In other words, am I a hypocrite?
2. Am I honest in all my acts and words, or do I exaggerate?
3. Do I confidentially pass on to another what was told to me in confidence?
4. Can I be trusted?
5. Am I a slave to dress, friends, work, or habits?
6. Am I self-conscious, …

“If we want to know if we are a holy person, here is the true test of holiness: Jesus Christ. How do we measure up to that Holy One? When we are comparing ourselves to Him, there is a hunger to be more and more holy; to be more and more like Him. As we grow closer to Him, we take on His attributes. His holiness, and the world can see Christ through us.”
From the January issue of the Pentecostal Herald

Though a minister may have passion, knowledge, etc., a lack of proper ethics will close doors and squelch your ministry.
Your ethics will be what people will see and remember for years to come.
Following are some tips to help nurture ethics in dealing with pastors:

Always refer to them as, “Pastor” of “Brother”.
Compliment them sincerely about something they have done or said. Attributes of their church, its worship, its ministry, their writings, etc.
Don’t be presumptuous. Don’t expect or prod them to invite you.
Always be humble.     Never promote yourself, bragging on …

In Valladolid, Spain stands a monument to the great explorer Christopher Columbus. Its most interesting feature is the statue of a lion destroying one of three Latin words – three words that had been part of Spain’s motto for centuries.
1492
On his first voyage, Christopher Columbus sailed through unknown waters to an unknown destination. Before his voyage, Spain’s standards carried three words in Latin. The same words were written on the left edge of the maps of that day. Even the Straits of Gibraltar carried the same three words, chiselled into …

“Gossip involves saying behind a person’s back what you would never say to his or her face.  Flattery means saying to a person’s face what you would never say behind his or her back.” – R. Kent Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly Man, p. 139.