Good question
On Sunday, I had the privilege of listening to a sermon on prayer, and, based on Paul's prayer in Colossians 1, what we should be praying for other Christians. The preacher reflected on how we should be growing in “spiritual wisdom and understanding” and “in the knowledge of God”, and how that should be reflected in terms of “bearing fruit in every good work” and “living a life worthy of the Lord”. And if we are going to pray this sort of prayer for other people, shouldn't we also desire to see that growth in godliness in ourselves?
But the diagnostic question that came next was the one that caused me to think hard. It was this:
Am I much different now to the person I was 12 months ago?
Has the truth of the Gospel continued transforming me? Or have I managed to hear the Word of God and be unaffected by it in any significant, ongoing way?