Twelve marks of spiritual health in our communion with God

Twelve marks of spiritual health in our communion with God:

(1) God’s children ought to walk in constant amazement of spirit as to God, His nature, and works.
(2) The glorifying of God is the great work of God’s children.
(3) Delightful privacy with God argues strong affection.
(4) Frequent prayer an argument of much of God’s Spirit; True prayer is the pouring out of the heart to God; God’s children are most in private with God; The prayers of God’s people most respect spiritual mercies; God’s people wait for and rest in God’s answer.
(5) God’s people are sensible of their unworthiness.
(6) God Himself is regarded as the portion of His people.
(7) Ready obedience to God.
(8) The patience of God’s children under God’s hand.
(9) The mournful confession of God’s people.
(10) God’s people long after God in an open profession of His ordinances.
(11) Their hearts are ready and prepared.
(12) God’s people’s sense of their own insufficiencies.
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Eleven marks of spiritual health

Eleven marks of spiritual health [in] matters concerning ourselves:

(1) Brokenness of spirit.
(2) Spiritual battles.
(3) Godly loathing for sin.
(4) True self-denial.
(5) Willingness to stay in hard and difficult service.
(6) Spiritual contentment in God’s will.
(7) Joy in sorrow.
(8) Christians weaned from this world’s comforts.
(9) God glorified in all earthly businesses.
(10) The true watch of God’s people over their tongue.
(11) God’s people shun the appearance of sin.
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