NOTEWORTHY QUOTES:
A careful assessment allows us to connect with one another
in a loving relationship, get accurate data, and begin to develop a clear
direction for counseling. We cannot begin to reframe symptoms, behavior, heart
issues, motives, and the formative influences into biblical categories if we do
not know what they are.
It was not our place to undermine the medical regime he was
placed on or to overstep our role as pastoral counselors.
A large part of good counseling is helping counselees see
that at the root of psychological problems are theological problems. No one can
have a proper view of self without a proper view of God.
Proverbs 20:5
We often waste energy on rabbit trails, focusing on problems that are not at the core of transformation and heart change.
One’s past, although influential—it is not determinative.
While sin is clearly involved and at the core of any
problem, legitimate suffering needs a compassionate ear.
Our goal is counseling is threefold: (1). To get the counselee
to see God’s character and compassion through the lens of Scripture; (2) to get
the counselee to see himself and his problems as God does; (3) to get the
counselee to feel God’s conviction and comfort as he peers intensely into the
mirror of His Word.
It’s hypocritical to tell a counselee to trust God while you
lean on your own skills, effort and rehearsed Bible knowledge. Sometimes more Bible
knowledge only beads up on the hard heart, and prayer is often the only way to
furrow the soil so the Word can take root.
Proverbs 28:13
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