LIFC 501 BOOK REPORT FINAL DRAFT 1

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Abstract The authors of Spiritual Leadership Coaching emphasize crucial aspects of spiritual life coaching regarding spiritual leadership abilities, client connection, and being guided by God's presence. Spiritual leadership coaching uses the Bible's lessons and teaches twelve coaching techniques that help the coach and client get along better. Additionally, there are also apparent differences between coaching and counseling, such as the coach's role and how they help their clients. Both jobs require asking powerful open-ended questions, actively listening, and gaining the trust of the client. Moreover, spiritual life coaching focuses on the present and the future. Likewise, therapy depending on the client and the counseling technique utilized, tends to emphasize the past. However, the summary, personal reaction, and application sections will detail how I will implement the fundamental principles employed by spiritual life coaches into my personal and professional lives. Keywords: coach, client, leadership, spiritual

Summary The author's key points are laid out into twelve essential coaching skills. Under the meta- skills four highlighted skills are listed (Blackaby et al., 2018). The four skills are relationship- building, awareness raising, focusing, commitment, and futtering. In relationship-building, one must first build trust between the coach and the client. (Blackaby et al., 2018) To build trust, you must gain and keep someone's confidence and share what you know. Also, relationship-building calls for individuals to be spiritually present. Also, Blackaby et al. (2018) define Spiritual Leadership Coaching as the "spirit-led use of prayer, scripture, and coaching skills to invite awareness of God's activity and help people align their lives and those they lead with God's purposes." Prayer is used to help guide clients to God's agenda for their lives, and scripture provides examples of God's truth that is relevant to the client's current situation (Blackaby et al., 2018). Even more, "when one element is missing, coaching is incomplete" (Blackaby et al., 2018, p. 15). Lastly, coaches utilize their skills and techniques to bring "focus and clarity" that leads to actionable steps for the client (Blackaby et al., 2018). Besides, Blackaby et al. (2018) provided a unique approach to coaching using Seven Realities. The first spiritual reality is "God is always at work around you" (Blackaby et al., 2018). So, coaches lead clients to recognize God's work by actively listening and asking powerful questions (Blackaby et al., 2018). The second spiritual reality is God pursues a continuing love relationship with you that is real and personal" (Blackaby and Royall. 2018). In this step, coaches learn to understand their clients' attitudes toward God's love and their worldview where God is concerned (Blackaby et al., 2018). Simultaneously, some clients do not believe in or trust

God, so the coach can help the client establish trust with God by asking powerful questions (Blackaby et al., 2018). The third spiritual reality is that God invites you to become involved with Him in His work (Blackaby et al., 2018). This step allows the coach to help the client identify God's plan for their life and then take steps to fulfill God's calling (Blackaby et al., 2018). The fourth reality is that God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself, His purposes, and His ways (Blackaby et al., 2018). Thus, coaches often help by discerning God's voice for the client (Blackaby et al., 2018). Furthermore, people do not recognize when God speaks to them or how He speaks to them. Nonetheless, having a solid relationship with God can help open doors for clients to see and hear God. The fifth reality is God's invitation for you to work with Him, which always leads you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action (Blackaby et al., 2018). The sixth reality is You must make major adjustments in your life to join God in what He is doing (Blackaby et al., 2018). The fifth reality is an important step, as God will place us in situations that force us to step out in faith and trust him, even when we do not see a way (Blackaby et al., 2018). According to Blackaby et al. (2018), These faith-stretching personal growth moments often lead to people's greatest successes and produce their most cherished memories. Even more, God wants his children to have great relationships with him, and he uses coaches to help him reach that goal through obedience and doing spirit work (Blackaby et al., 2018). Moreover, coaches play a unique role in this as they help clients align their lives with God's initiatives (Blackaby et al., 2018). The seventh reality is that you come to know God by experience as you obey Him, and He accomplishes His work through you (Blackaby et al., 2018). Also, building trust is an integral part of the coach-client relationship and one of the

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