Nine Dimensions

Look Honestly

Select the response that most closely describes you today. Each answer opens a different reflection and a different set of Scriptures. Your selections stay in this browser and are not submitted anywhere.

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Dimension 1

Forgiveness

When someone seriously wrongs me, my most natural response is:

A. I want them to experience consequences or suffering for what they did to me.

B. I avoid revenge, but resentment remains and I do not truly want to forgive.

C. I am trying to forgive, although hurt and resentment still return.

D. I deliberately seek forgiveness and prayer while maintaining appropriate boundaries where necessary.

VeiledRevenge remains in substantial tension with Jesus’ command to love enemies and relinquish personal retaliation.Read next: Matthew 5:43–48 · Romans 12:17–21 · Luke 6:27–28

RecognitionYou are restraining retaliation, but resentment is still governing the relationship internally. Jesus pushes beyond restraint toward forgiveness from the heart.Read next: Matthew 6:14–15 · Matthew 18:21–35 · Mark 11:25

PracticeYou are engaged in the work of forgiveness even though emotion has not fully caught up with intention.Read next: Luke 17:3–4 · Colossians 3:12–13 · Ephesians 4:31–32

Developing DiscipleshipYour stated response substantially reflects Jesus’ teaching while recognizing that forgiveness does not require abandoning truthful or protective boundaries.Read next: Matthew 5:44 · Luke 6:36–37 · Matthew 18:15–17

Dimension 2

Mercy

When I encounter someone suffering partly because of their own poor decisions:

A. I usually believe they created the problem and should deal with it themselves.

B. I feel concern, but I normally expect someone else to help.

C. I help when there is a reasonable and responsible way for me to do so.

D. I intentionally look for appropriate ways to show mercy while still respecting truth and responsibility.

VeiledPersonal responsibility matters, but Jesus repeatedly places mercy ahead of detached judgment.Read next: Matthew 9:10–13 · Luke 15:11–32 · John 8:1–11

RecognitionCompassion is present, but it has not consistently crossed the distance into personal action.Read next: James 2:14–17 · Luke 10:30–37 · 1 John 3:17–18

PracticeMercy is becoming practical while remaining attentive to responsible limits and genuine need.Read next: Matthew 5:7 · Proverbs 19:17 · Galatians 6:2

Developing DiscipleshipYour stated approach reflects active mercy rather than sympathy alone, while preserving truth and responsibility.Read next: Luke 6:36 · Micah 6:8 · Matthew 25:35–40

Dimension 3

Service

When helping another person brings me no recognition, repayment, or advantage:

A. I rarely see a reason to become involved.

B. I may help, but usually when it is convenient or someone asks directly.

C. I regularly help when I recognize a genuine need within my ability.

D. I intentionally look for opportunities to serve without needing recognition or repayment.

VeiledService currently has limited influence over this area of your everyday conduct.Read next: Matthew 20:26–28 · Philippians 2:3–4 · John 13:12–17

RecognitionWillingness exists, but service remains mostly reactive or convenience-dependent.Read next: Luke 6:32–35 · Matthew 5:41–42 · James 4:17

PracticeService is becoming a recognizable and repeated expression of your beliefs.Read next: Galatians 5:13 · Hebrews 6:10 · 1 Peter 4:10

Developing DiscipleshipYour stated behavior reflects Jesus’ emphasis on serving rather than seeking status, recognition, or repayment.Read next: Mark 10:42–45 · Matthew 25:35–40 · Luke 14:12–14

Dimension 4

Prayer

When life becomes busy, uncertain, or painful, prayer in my actual routine is:

A. Rare or mostly absent unless I am desperate.

B. Something I value, but I practice it inconsistently.

C. A regular practice that helps orient my decisions and concerns toward God.

D. A sustained private practice that includes worship, confession, asking, listening, and prayer for others.

VeiledPrayer is functioning mainly as an emergency response rather than a continuing relationship of dependence and attention.Read next: Luke 18:1 · Matthew 6:5–13 · 1 Thessalonians 5:17

RecognitionYou recognize prayer’s importance, but intention has not yet become a stable rhythm.Read next: Mark 1:35 · Colossians 4:2 · Romans 12:12

PracticePrayer is becoming integrated with ordinary decisions rather than confined to crisis moments.Read next: Philippians 4:6–7 · James 1:5 · Psalm 5:3

Developing DiscipleshipYour stated pattern resembles Jesus’ emphasis on private, persistent, God-centered prayer.Read next: Matthew 6:6–13 · Luke 5:16 · John 17:20–23

Dimension 5

Humility

When I am criticized, corrected, or overlooked:

A. I usually defend myself quickly, blame others, or need to prove that I am right.

B. I can hear criticism, but resentment or self-justification often takes over.

C. I try to examine whether the criticism contains truth before responding.

D. I can admit fault, learn, apologize when needed, and serve without needing status.

VeiledThe need to defend status or self-image may be obscuring the humility Jesus places at the center of discipleship.Read next: Luke 18:9–14 · Matthew 23:11–12 · Proverbs 16:18

RecognitionYou can receive correction, but self-protection still competes strongly with teachability.Read next: Proverbs 12:1 · James 1:19–20 · Philippians 2:3

PracticeYou are developing the capacity to separate correction from personal threat and examine yourself honestly.Read next: Psalm 139:23–24 · Proverbs 15:31–32 · James 4:6

Developing DiscipleshipYour stated response reflects teachability, repentance, and a willingness to serve without requiring elevation.Read next: Philippians 2:5–8 · John 13:3–15 · Matthew 18:4

Dimension 6

Truth

When telling the full truth could cost me money, reputation, convenience, or advantage:

A. I am willing to distort or hide important facts if it protects me.

B. I usually avoid direct lies, but I sometimes use omissions or half-truths.

C. I try to tell the truth even when it creates discomfort or cost.

D. I deliberately practice truthful speech while also trying to speak with mercy, restraint, and love.

VeiledProtective deception conflicts directly with Jesus’ demand for integrity between word and reality.Read next: Matthew 5:37 · John 8:44 · Proverbs 12:22

RecognitionAvoiding explicit lies is meaningful, but selective truth can still manipulate another person’s understanding.Read next: Ephesians 4:25 · Colossians 3:9 · Proverbs 10:9

PracticeYou are increasingly choosing truth over short-term self-protection.Read next: John 3:21 · Psalm 15:1–2 · Zechariah 8:16

Developing DiscipleshipYour stated approach joins truthfulness with the equally important discipline of speaking truth in love.Read next: Ephesians 4:15 · James 3:17 · Colossians 4:6

Dimension 7

Possessions

When I think about money, possessions, and security:

A. Accumulating more for myself is one of my strongest priorities.

B. I want to be generous, but fear of having less usually keeps me from acting.

C. I regularly share some of what I have when I encounter genuine need.

D. I intentionally treat what I have as something entrusted to me and build generosity into my way of life.

VeiledWhen accumulation becomes a governing priority, Jesus warns that possessions can begin to possess the person.Read next: Luke 12:15–21 · Matthew 6:19–24 · Mark 10:21–25

RecognitionThe desire to give is present, but fear is still setting the practical boundary of generosity.Read next: Matthew 6:25–34 · Luke 12:32–34 · 2 Corinthians 9:6–8

PracticeYour possessions are increasingly becoming resources for service rather than ends in themselves.Read next: Luke 3:10–11 · Acts 20:35 · Hebrews 13:16

Developing DiscipleshipYour stated posture reflects stewardship and intentional generosity rather than identity rooted in accumulation.Read next: Matthew 6:19–21 · Luke 14:33 · 1 Timothy 6:17–19

Dimension 8

Reconciliation

When conflict damages an important relationship:

A. I usually cut the person off, retaliate, or wait indefinitely for them to make the first move.

B. I want peace, but I often avoid the difficult conversation required to pursue it.

C. I try to address conflict directly and peacefully when reconciliation is realistically possible.

D. I actively pursue peace, admit my own wrongs, and seek reconciliation without pretending that unsafe or abusive behavior is acceptable.

VeiledRetaliation and indefinite estrangement can harden conflict rather than move it toward the peacemaking Jesus teaches.Read next: Matthew 5:23–24 · Romans 12:18–21 · Matthew 5:9

RecognitionYou value peace, but avoidance can preserve the appearance of peace while leaving the conflict unresolved.Read next: Matthew 18:15 · Ephesians 4:26–27 · Proverbs 27:5–6

PracticeYou are moving toward direct, peaceful engagement rather than retaliation or indefinite avoidance.Read next: Romans 12:18 · Colossians 3:13–15 · James 3:17–18

Developing DiscipleshipYour stated approach reflects active peacemaking while recognizing that reconciliation cannot require denial of truth, accountability, or safety.Read next: Matthew 5:9 · Matthew 18:15–17 · Romans 12:18

Dimension 9

Love of Neighbor

When the person in need is inconvenient, unfamiliar, socially different from me, or unable to repay me:

A. I usually see their problems as none of my concern.

B. I feel sympathy, but I normally keep my distance unless helping is easy.

C. I try to help when I can do something useful and appropriate.

D. I deliberately resist indifference and try to treat the person’s need as morally relevant even when there is no benefit to me.

VeiledIndifference toward another person’s suffering stands in direct tension with Jesus’ definition of neighbor-love.Read next: Luke 10:30–37 · Matthew 25:41–45 · 1 John 4:20–21

RecognitionSympathy is present, but Jesus’ teaching repeatedly moves compassion from feeling into costly action.Read next: Luke 10:33–35 · James 2:15–16 · 1 John 3:18

PracticeYou are treating the needs of others as something that can legitimately interrupt your own priorities.Read next: Matthew 7:12 · Galatians 6:10 · Hebrews 13:1–3

Developing DiscipleshipYour stated posture closely reflects Jesus’ command to love beyond convenience, similarity, or expectation of return.Read next: Luke 10:36–37 · Luke 6:32–36 · Matthew 22:37–40

Your Reflection Map

Each dimension below changes automatically when you answer it. This is a biblical behavior reflection, not a salvation score or a judgment of personal worth.

ForgivenessNot answered

MercyNot answered

ServiceNot answered

PrayerNot answered

HumilityNot answered

TruthNot answered

PossessionsNot answered

ReconciliationNot answered

Love of NeighborNot answered

Use the pattern as a mirror: the areas marked Veiled or Recognition are the clearest places for further prayer, study, repentance, or practice.

Use the result as a mirror, not a verdict.

Notice the dimension showing the greatest distance between Jesus’ teaching and your present pattern. That is the most useful place to examine next.

THE VEIL

Look Honestly

Forgiveness

Mercy

Service

Prayer

Humility

Truth

Possessions

Reconciliation

Love of Neighbor

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THE VEIL

Look Honestly

Forgiveness

Mercy

Service

Prayer

Humility

Truth

Possessions

Reconciliation

Love of Neighbor

Your Reflection Map

Share THE VEIL

Help Someone Get Back on Their Feet This Week

Christ Commanded is a tax-exempt 501C3 Public Charity Under Section 170(b)(1)(A)(i) Group #6037