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Nate Brooks’s book, Identifying Heart Change, addresses the question: How do biblical principles of heart change impact our biblical counseling?
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This week the blog is sponsored by Burke Care. You are good and do good; teach me your statutes. Psalm 119:68 Corrie ten Boom as quoted as saying: “If you look at the world, you will be distressed. If you look within, you will be depressed. But if you look at Christ, you will be at rest.” This psalmist reached the same conclusion when he wrote this verse. He realized that the only true rest comes from God the Father, through Jesus the Son by the Holy Spirit. And he wants more… “You are good…” The psalmist is not trying to invent a catchy marketing quip to attract fellow Jews to the ways of God. This is a real-life summary of his experience with His God. After significant struggle and grief, the psalmist finds himself surrendering to a sovereign God by simply acknowledging what he now fully understands, “God, you are good!” “…and do good…” Then the psalmist is quick to acknowledge that God is not silent or inactive. He is an initiating God who does good in addition to being God. He is not distant or aloof. God the Father is the ever present, close, self-initiating God who does good, always. The psalmist does not say it specifically, but he is implying that God is always this way. He is implying that God is always good, and always does only good. “…teach me your statutes.” Then he concludes with the request to be taught more of God’s goodness. The psalmist admits that he wants…See AlsoThe Greatest Display of StrengthWhat Type of Vacation Reader Are You?Biblical Intensive Counseling
Read MoreMany people wonder how to know if they have truly repented of their sin. The questions come when despite a stated desire to repent, the person continues to struggle with a particular sin issue. The reality is only God knows the condition and contents of the heart.
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Being a sports fan, I’m fascinated with how athletes recover from the rigors of competition in order to get ready for the next event. Such efforts are necessary because athletes tax their joints and muscles beyond what a typical body can be expected to bear.
What does this have to do with counseling? Just as athletes ask their bodies to bear a load beyond normal capacity, the mind and spirit of a counselor are asked to bear a spiritual or emotional weight beyond what the average Christian experiences. With that in mind, how do you recover, whether from a day’s worth of sessions or right in the middle of a day? This article explores some possibilities. Continue Reading →
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