The purpose of this book is for believers to take a close look at their walk with Christ. Coming from a recovery background we saw the need for a spiritual inventory, not just for those in recovery, but for all believers. Christians are to be different than the world. That difference comes from being under His influence and not the influence of the flesh. This takes a determined and disciplined walk. Our desire is that believers would use this book to see if they really have traded their "old man" for the "new man" as Paul tells us in Colossians 3:9-10. For all Christ has done for us, why would we try and follow Him with anything less than 100% commitment? We pray that as you read through these questions you would reflect seriously on your commitment to Jesus Christ and the things of God. Jim is a believer in Jesus Christ who used to struggle with drugs and alcohol and now lives daily in freedom at the foot of the cross. He is a jack-of-all-trades and master of none. He has worked construction, restaurants, truck driver, delivered pizzas, phonebooks, and flowers, installed fiber optic cable, chemical salesman, auto parts, Fed-Ex warehouse, auto body, and back to construction where he heeded the call to full time ministry. Robbie became a Christian in high school, was active in campus ministry in college, and was a Young Life leader after college. She seemed to be doing all the right things, with all the right people, for all the right reasons. She met Jim, a non-believer, when she was 24 years old and the roller coaster of their lives together began. Robbie's desire is that believers would yearn to live and walk daily under His (Holy Spirit) Influence.
