Here is a quick, easy-to-do method of evaluating just about any area of your life.  It is really the “Jesus model” of ministry evaluation, but I think it works well also to determine your effectiveness in other areas, such as marriage, parenting, friendships or work.   

Here is the formula: 

Step One:

Read Revelation 3:15-16 

I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm — neither hot nor cold — I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

Step Two:

Apply that verse to evaluate your heart for whatever you are doing. 

Jesus hated mediocrity, so shouldn’t we?  In what areas of your life are you applying a half-hearted devotion? 

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3. Follow Up: Inviting Evaluation From Your Team (Part 1)
4. Career Evaluation
5. Inviting Evaluation from the People I Lead