The self-assessment is not to be used or interpreted as a professional diagnostic tool.

I am not a counselor or a pastor. I am a Christian writer who desires to fulfill her calling in Christ. The self-assessment is based on my own personal experiences and struggles, before and after I gave my life to Christ. It is a tool I created to help you focus on your life as you connect with Jesusqueens.

Answer the statements as honestly as you can, for where you are right now.

Place a checkmark next to each statement that applies to you.

	1.	I love God, but I admit there are some areas of my life I am afraid to turn over to Him.
	2.	I sometimes have a hard time believing in the things of God (prayer, the gifts of the Spirit, the fruit of the Spirit).
	3.	I want to connect with Jesus, but I hardly have time to take this self-assessment, let alone read my Bible.
	4.	I have had bad experiences in the church that drove me away from God, away from organized worship and away from other Christians generally.
	5.	I have a hard time understanding why God allows suffering.
	6.	I have a hard time understanding the difference between the move of the Spirit and a person’s personal choice.
	7.	I wish the teachings of God were not so harsh, or hard to understand, or was more all accepting or global in nature than just belief in Jesus as Son of God, the Risen Christ.
	8.	I am sexually active and not in a heterosexual marital union.
	9.	I sometimes feel like my body has more control over me than I do, particularly when it comes to eating and exercise.
	10.	I am over 10% of my recommended body weight for my height.
	11.	I use drugs or alcohol outside of their recommended legal or dietary use.
	12.	I smoke cigarettes or illegal substances, or inhale or consume ordinary household products contrary to their legal or intended use.
	13.	I do things to hurt myself in ways I would never share with others.
	14.	I feel shame and guilt for the things I do with my body, feelings that I would never share with others.
	15.	I often have thoughts that I cannot control.
	16.	I tend to think negative thoughts before I think positive ones.
	17.	I often find myself worrying about things, whether I can control them or not.
	18.	I find myself building elements of my life around events that happened in my past (for example, not spending time with family because someone in the family has hurt me).
	19.	I have a hard time believing that God wants to change things in my life for the better.
	20.	I have a hard time staying focused.
	21.	I sometimes see myself as very small and incapable of accomplishing even the most basic tasks.
	22.	I sometimes let my emotions—particularly my anger—get the better of me.
	23.	I feel sad more often than I feel happy.
	24.	I sometimes feel like I am the only one in the world who has a heart of compassion for __. (Insert your passion—people, animals, the environment, the poor, social issues, etc.)
	25.	I allow fear to dictate and rule my decisions more than any other factor.
	26.	I have constructed a wall around my heart because of all the pain I have experienced in my past.
	27.	I feel like if I express even a portion of what’s going on in my heart, there won’t be enough pastors, counselors, mental health centers or hospitals to help me recover from the pain.
	28.	I feel so much hurt, anger, sadness and other emotions in my heart that sometimes I feel like not even the God of the universe can help me sort through them.
	29.	I believe I am called to do something more than the job I am doing now.
	30.	I struggle with a sense that God has forgotten me when it comes to my calling.
	31.	I wish I knew what God has called me to do.
	32.	I sometimes feel like I am in training for something larger than what I am doing now.
	33.	I know I am doing what I am called to do, but these aren’t the results I expected.
	34.	I sometimes wish I could walk away from the calling God has for me.
	35.	I sometimes tend to procrastinate on what God has called me to do, or I distance myself from it and pretend that I am “storing up” energy to do it.
	36.	I feel like I am less than everyone else because I __. (Insert your concern here: did not finish high school, did not go to or finish college, did not get an advanced degree.)
	37.	I know I need additional training or education to fulfill my calling or advance on my job, but something is holding me back, or I am holding myself back.
	38.	I am having reservations about what my education and training has cost me, financially, relationally and socially and in other areas as well.
	39.	I sometimes feel like my education isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.
	40.	I sometimes feel like I got the shaft in terms of what education was supposed to offer me.
	41.	My life circumstances are such that even if I could go for additional training or education, I could not afford it.
	42.	I have always wanted to study __, but have always held myself back. (Insert your educational interest: economics, medicine, playing the piano, gardening.)
	43.	I have run up credit cards on necessary and unnecessary expenses to the point where I have trouble paying off the balances.
	44.	I have no savings.
	45.	I often buy things on impulse and later regret it.
	46.	There never seems to be enough money.
	47.	My increases get absorbed into the budget faster than I can see where it went.
	48.	I have had to file for bankruptcy.
	49.	I suspect my financial problems are bigger than not having enough money.
	50.	If I felt I had a choice, I would not be with the mate I am with.
	51.	I regret my mate selection.
	52.	I struggle with what God has to say about marriage and divorce.
	53.	I don’t want to see a counselor because I do not want to hear any professional advice.
	54.	If I have relationship problems, it’s because of the other person.
	55.	I feel like I am just going through the motions.
	56.	I live out my relationship life in fear of __. (Insert your fear: being alone, being abused, being cheated on, being deserted, etc.)
	57.	My kids are hellions and I can’t wait for them to grow up and leave my household.
	58.	I don’t want to hear what anyone has to say about childrearing. I’ll handle my kids my way.
	59.	I have problems disciplining my children.
	60.	I sometimes regret having children.
	61.	I sometimes resent being born into my family circumstances.
	62.	Life would be so much easier if I had a different __. (Insert family member relationship: father, mother, brother, sister, etc.)
	63.	I have a difficult relationship with __ that is causing me more problems than I initially thought. (Again, insert family member relationship.)
	64.	I resent the way society treats people like me.
	65.	I find myself withdrawing from people because of the way I have been traditionally treated.
	66.	I don’t want to do anything to help my community.
	67.	I regret being in the community I am in.
	68.	I am sometimes embarrassed by the way people like me behave.
	69.	I am sometimes embarrassed by the way people like me treat others.
	70.	I don’t have any hope for our collective futures.
	71.	I wish I could __ more. (Insert interest: go hiking, ride my bike, etc.)
	72.	I sometimes feel like there isn’t anything to do.
	73.	I sometimes wish I lived in a geographic area where I could do more of the things I enjoy doing.
	74.	If I could, I would just lie around all day and do nothing.
	75.	Doing something that is enjoying for me is the last thing on my mind.
	76.	I often promise myself that I will __ more, once __. (Insert promise and condition: go out more once my kids are grown, take up a hobby once I get more money, be more social once I move, etc).
	77.	The things I most enjoy doing are also illegal or unmentionable, or must be done in secret for some other reason.
	78.	I would die if I lost my things.
	79.	I don’t mind following Jesus as long as it doesn’t cost me anything, or as long as I continue to increase.
	80.	I can’t even imagine my life without __. (Insert material thing here: shoes, clothing, a certain type of car, etc.)
	81.	If I had __, everything would be ok. (Again, insert material thing here.)
	82.	It is hard for me to part with my things, even if for a short while.
	83.	If someone asked to borrow something of mine, I would have a hard time saying yes.
	84.	If God called me to give something precious of mine to someone else, I would pretend like I had the rest of my life to do it.