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Five Essentials for Counseling in Home Church Ministry

Five Essentials for Counseling in Home Church Ministry.

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Five Essentials for Counseling in Home Church Ministry

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  1. Five Essentials for Counseling in Home Church Ministry

  2. May the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you; so that He may establish your hearts blameless and holy before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. 1 Thess. 3:12,13

  3. May the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you; so that He may establish your hearts blameless and holy before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. 1 Thess. 3:12,13 Hope of Transformation

  4. May the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you; so that He may establish your hearts blameless and holy before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. 1 Thess. 3:12,13 Hope of Transformation The person who brought you to where you are today will not be the one who finishes in glory

  5. May the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you; so that He may establish your hearts blameless and holy before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. 1 Thess. 3:12,13 Collaboration & Transformation

  6. May the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you; so that He may establish your hearts blameless and holy before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. 1 Thess. 3:12,13 Collaboration & Transformation God effects his transformation through our love for one another

  7. We proclaim Him, admonishing everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present each person complete in Christ. For this purpose I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me. Colossians 2:28,29

  8. Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  9. Transformation & Community Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  10. Transformation & Community • the ethos Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  11. Transformation & Community • the ethos • problems naturally surface in the context of a Christ-centered life Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  12. Transformation & Community • the ethos • problems naturally surface in the context of a Christ-centered life • not embarrassed or intimidated by sin and the damage it creates Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  13. Transformation & Community • the ethos • problems naturally surface in the context of a Christ-centered life • not embarrassed or intimidated by sin and the damage it creates • confident in God’s work in his body Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  14. What We All Can Do: Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  15. What We All Can Do: • #1. cultivate a biblical mindset Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  16. What We All Can Do: • #1. cultivate a biblical mindset • all personal problems have a core spiritual dimension Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  17. What We All Can Do: • #1. cultivate a biblical mindset • all personal problems have a core spiritual dimension • perspective: where do you go for clarity? Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  18. Why are you in despair, O my soul? • What We All Can Do: • cultivate a biblical mindset • all personal problems have a core spiritual dimension • perspective: where do you go for clarity? Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  19. Why are you in despair, O my soul? • truth-centered relationships rooted in regular time in the Word • What We All Can Do: • cultivate a biblical mindset • all personal problems have a core spiritual dimension • perspective: where do you go for clarity? Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  20. Why are you in despair, O my soul? • truth-centered relationships rooted in regular time in the Word • “Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself? • What We All Can Do: • cultivate a biblical mindset • all personal problems have a core spiritual dimension • perspective: where do you go for clarity? Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  21. Why are you in despair, O my soul? • truth-centered relationships rooted in regular time in the Word • Know how to handle yourself… preach to yourself, say to your soul: Why are you downcast?” • D.M. Lloyd-Jones, Spiritual Depression • What We All Can Do: • cultivate a biblical mindset • all personal problems have a core spiritual dimension • perspective: where do you go for clarity? Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  22. Why are you in despair, O my soul? • What does your struggle imply about God? • What We All Can Do: • cultivate a biblical mindset • all personal problems have a core spiritual dimension • perspective: where do you go for clarity? Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  23. Why are you in despair, O my soul? • What does your struggle imply about God? • “Is not all despondency in essence a manifestation of self in one form or another?” • Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Clinic • What We All Can Do: • cultivate a biblical mindset • all personal problems have a core spiritual dimension • perspective: where do you go for clarity? Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  24. Why are you in despair, O my soul? • What does your struggle imply about God? • hope: what do you rely on? • What We All Can Do: • cultivate a biblical mindset • all personal problems have a core spiritual dimension • perspective: where do you go for clarity? Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  25. Why are you in despair, O my soul? • What does your struggle imply about God? • hope: what do you rely on? • praise: what are you grateful for? • What We All Can Do: • cultivate a biblical mindset • all personal problems have a core spiritual dimension • perspective: where do you go for clarity? Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  26. Why are you in despair, O my soul? • What does your struggle imply about God? • hope: what do you rely on? • praise: what are you grateful for? • remember: God is for you! • What We All Can Do: • cultivate a biblical mindset • all personal problems have a core spiritual dimension • perspective: where do you go for clarity? Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  27. Why are you in despair, O my soul? • What does your struggle imply about God? • Can a woman forget her nursing child and have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you. • What We All Can Do: • cultivate a biblical mindset • all personal problems have a core spiritual dimension • perspective: where do you go for clarity? Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  28. Why are you in despair, O my soul? • What does your struggle imply about God? • Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands. Isaiah 49:15,16 • What We All Can Do: • cultivate a biblical mindset • all personal problems have a core spiritual dimension • perspective: where do you go for clarity? Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  29. What We All Can Do: • #2. call for grace and humility Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  30. What We All Can Do: • #2. call for grace and humility • too many live in unresolved hypocrisy Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  31. What We All Can Do: • #2. call for grace and humility • too many live in unresolved hypocrisy • forgiveness is free, but it is not optional Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  32. What We All Can Do: • #2. call for grace and humility • too many live in unresolved hypocrisy • forgiveness is free, but it is not optional • grace and blessing Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  33. The Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends. Job 42:10 • What We All Can Do: • #2. call for grace and humility • too many live in unresolved hypocrisy • forgiveness is free, but it is not optional • grace and blessing Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  34. The Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends. Job 42:10 • the really great relationships are often the ones we fight for the most! • What We All Can Do: • #2. call for grace and humility • too many live in unresolved hypocrisy • forgiveness is free, but it is not optional • grace and blessing Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  35. What We All Can Do: • #3. urge repentance without footnotes Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  36. What We All Can Do: • #3. urge repentance without footnotes • sober self-awareness that there is always a place for repentance Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  37. What We All Can Do: • #3. urge repentance without footnotes • sober self-awareness that there is always a place for repentance • repentance and freedom Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  38. Sorrow according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret leading to salvation… Behold, what earnestness, this godly sorrow has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what avenging of wrong! 2 Corinthians 7:10,11 • What We All Can Do: • #3. urge repentance without footnotes • sober self-awareness that there is always a place for repentance • repentance and freedom Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  39. Sorrow according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret leading to salvation… Behold, what earnestness, this godly sorrow has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what avenging of wrong! 2 Corinthians 7:10,11 • What We All Can Do: • #3. urge repentance without footnotes • sober self-awareness that there is always a place for repentance • repentance and freedom Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  40. Repentance is so powerful and motivating. It gets such a bad rap, “Oh I need to repent,” really misunderstood, unfortunately. Praise God for his mercy, makes one feel so alive and thankful. • What We All Can Do: • #3. urge repentance without footnotes • sober self-awareness that there is always a place for repentance • repentance and freedom Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  41. What We All Can Do: • #4. cultivate a brokenness perspective Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  42. What We All Can Do: • #4. cultivate a brokenness perspective • what are the decisive battle lines? Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  43. What We All Can Do: • #4. cultivate a brokenness perspective • what are the decisive battle lines? • how is your affliction God’s gift? Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  44. What We All Can Do: • #4. cultivate a brokenness perspective • what are the decisive battle lines? • how is your affliction God’s gift? • Death works in us, but life in you. 2 Corinthians 4:12 Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  45. What We All Can Do: • #5. tangible love investment Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  46. What We All Can Do: • #5. tangible love investment • selfless giving a necessary condition for sustained growth Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

  47. What We All Can Do: • #5. tangible love investment • selfless giving a necessary condition for sustained growth • appropriate, regular outward investment connected to ongoing counseling relationships Concerning you, my brethren, I am convinced that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to admonish one another. Romans 15:14

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