God 's Word Must Be The Foundation Of Any Endeavor For The Christian

A counselor’s job is to journey along with their client and to provide insight and support to those who are at risk and those who are hurting and searching for comfort and acceptance. If the counselor is a Christian they will also want to share our Heavenly Father’s love with the counselee and help guide them on a path that will lead them to Christ. There are several different techniques that can be used to break through the walls of some people in order to help them recognize the basis for their feelings whether it is such things as sin or faulty

There are many views held among Christian counselors about how to Scripturally approach changing human behavior. For some who seek to base the motivation for change on Biblical grounds, an approach to counseling is geared toward changes that would allow one to conform more

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As the standards of the counseling profession are continuously being shaped, I desire to play a role in the educating

According to ACA (2014) indicated that when counselors spend more time with client it will pave the way in building trust and therapeutic relationship. Also, when a counselor is not grounded well with diverse multi-cultural and religious system the counselor should consult more qualified and experienced counselor for advice. Mary Ann needed the counselor to resolve her feelings of depression and motivate her in order to do better in school and to get involved in any way with her religious faith. It is essential to understand the religious and cultural background of the client and the family in order to initiate appropriate intervention.

“Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth Your Spirit and we shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth. O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy Your consolations. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.”

As a counselor, being aware of the theoretical approaches and which ones best suit your perspective on human nature, complications, and change for an individual is vital. Not only is understanding the approaches important, but the counselor’s own values and personal philosophy are equally fundamental for the counselor to do their job efficiently.

He gives us that all human relations / operations is a reflection of a recurring cycles of our past. Each cycle established himself and returns as more powerful and amplified version.

Purpose: To make aware the two paths of life offered to all, the way of the righteous or the way of the wicked.

He spoke to them in a very pleasant tone stating, “My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom

One focus of biblical counseling is to help others develop a biblical worldview of their life and recognize the core truth that guides right thinking and actions. The goal of biblical counseling is spiritual maturity. True change is the result of the Holy Spirit working in one’s heart. This work often includes intervention by other people such as a pastor, a mentor, or a counselor. The biblical counselor helps people identify their problems in biblical terms that may involve a renaming of the problem, such as, alcoholism versus drunkenness. As this is done, the individual’s view of his or her problem is changed and becomes biblical. This process is filled with grace and is ultimately redemptive. The gospel of Jesus Christ is the foundation for the work of biblical counseling.

In John 17:17 (New International Version), “Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.” The author writes in Psalms 119:160, “All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.” The Word of God lays our Christian foundation. His truth claims, explain who we were created to be, how we should act as a human being, and He warns us when we have indulged ourselves in mischievous behaviors (Packer, 1973, p. 114). Christians must live as if the Bible is the “Book of Truth (Daniel 10:21)”, believing, teaching, and trusting the promises of the Lord. These tools will give us the power to defend the Gospel (Packer, 1973, 116). One word that can change one’s perspective about the Bible or at least bring their guard down is “God is love (1 John 4:8b). Despite ours sins, and how undeserving of His forgiveness we are, and instead of us being condemned and banished, God chooses to still love us despite of us. Therefore, because of His love, we are forgiven and He grants us mercy and grace (Packer, 1973, p.

No one knows better than Jesus what it means to be human since he has both divine and mortal knowledge, so His lessons are the most precious to us.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” John 1:1 (NASB). Scripture comes directly from God unlike any other book. God has spoken His work and used humans, such as prophets to speak His word to us. The concept of authority is woven into the fabric of Scripture. This idea of “ultimate right” is inevitably linked with God’s sovereignty throughout the Scriptures. How we choose to view the authority of Scripture is up to our own discretion. We accept the Bible as the inspired Word of God. The writers were inspired, moved by the Holy Spirit, and the resultant writings are inspired, as if breathed or spoken by God. The Bible is therefore useful as a guide to salvation through faith in Christ, and sufficient for doctrine, correction, moral and ethical instruction. Most everyone knows about the Bible and its existence, but why is it that we trust it as the authority of Scripture?

In the New Testament we find Jesus Christ, the son of God, preaching the word of God to the people. In the gospel of John 12:49-50 Jesus says, “For I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about that to say and what to speak. And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me.” Jesus conveys to the people that everything he speaks is what God wants to be spoken.