{"id":24623,"date":"2020-09-25T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=24623"},"modified":"2020-09-25T10:56:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T15:56:22","slug":"4-biblical-compass-points-for-biblical-counseling-equipping-in-individual-counseling-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=24623","title":{"rendered":"4 Biblical Compass Points for Biblical Counseling: Equipping in Individual Counseling, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4BiblicalCompassPoints.jpg\"><\/a>A Word from Bob: <\/strong>In this \u201cmini-series,\u201d we\u2019re asking: <em>\u201cHow do we become equipped for <strong>individual<\/strong> biblical counseling?\u201d<\/em> There\u2019s equipping for <strong>marriage <\/strong>counseling and for <strong>family <\/strong>counseling, but this series is about becoming competent to counsel another <strong>individual<\/strong>. You can read Part 1 here: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/IndividualBC1\">What to Do After the Hug<\/a>. I\u2019m developing these posts from my book on equipping in individual counseling: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpmministries.org\/writing\/gospel-conversations\/\"><em>Gospel-Conversations: How to Care Like Christ<\/em><\/a>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong>4 Compass Points<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has read anything I\u2019ve ever written about biblical counseling is familiar with the 4 biblical compass points that I\u2019ve developed from God\u2019s Word and from church history. They are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biblical Counseling for Suffering<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  Compass Point # 1: Sustaining Empathy\u2014\u201cIt\u2019s Normal to Hurt\u201d   Compass Point # 2: Healing Encouragement\u2014\u201cIt\u2019s Possible to Hope\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Biblical Counseling for Sin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  Compass Point #3: Reconciling Exposure\u2014\u201cIt\u2019s Horrible to Sin, But Wonderful to Be Forgiven\u201d   Compass Point #4: Guiding Empowerment\u2014\u201cIt\u2019s Supernatural to Mature\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p>In one blog post, here\u2019s the essence of biblical counseling with individuals using the 4 biblical compass points of sustaining, healing, reconciling, and guiding.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Compass Point # 1: Biblical Sustaining<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Competent biblical counselors grow in the art of biblical sustaining.<\/p>\n<p>  We\u2019re able<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1 blog post, learn about the 4 counseling skills every competent biblical counselor must develop.<br \/>\nThe post 4 Biblical Compass Points for Biblical Counseling: Equipping in Individual Counseling, Part 2 appeared first on RPM Ministries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[145,1147,3073,3074],"class_list":["post-24623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rpm-ministries-bob-kellemen","tag-biblical-counseling","tag-equipping","tag-gospel-conversations","tag-individual-biblical-counseling","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4BiblicalCompassPoints-300x145-2-1.jpg?fit=300%2C145&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24623"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24630,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24623\/revisions\/24630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}