Biblical Guidance / Counseling Class Week 6

Ready to Restore (15 Minutes)

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Chapter 15

• Problems Frequently Faced

1. Marriage

2. Family

Separation in Marriage

1 Corinthians 7:15 ESV

15 But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace.

Note:

We do not counsel people to get divorced or separated!

3. Guidance

4. Depression

5. Anger

6. Forgiveness

7. Discipline

Chapter 16

• How to Grow as a Counselor

1. A willingness to follow the Bible wherever it leads, even when it smashes your prejudices and cherished ideas.

Guilt , Communication, and Prayer (30 Minutes)

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Guilt

John 10:10 NKJV

10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Purpose of guilt is to bring us to the foot of the cross

• Satans plan is to condemn so you don’t look up or to make you so prideful that you don’t think you need the cross

Romans 8:1 NKJV

1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

1 John 1:5–7 NKJV

5 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Ezra 9:6–10 NKJV

6 And I said: “O my God, I am too ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God; for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has grown up to the heavens. 7 Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been very guilty, and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to humiliation, as it is this day. 8 And now for a little while grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and give us a measure of revival in our bondage. 9 For we were slaves. Yet our God did not forsake us in our bondage; but He extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to repair the house of our God, to rebuild its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem. 10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments,

Talk about Tim and his Tattoos

Communication

in war the best way to divide and conquer is to take out the communication

Help people with communication guidelines

Prayer

Give people reasons to pray

point out the benefits of prayer

Colossians 4:2 The Living Bible

2 Don’t be weary in prayer; keep at it; watch for God’s answers, and remember to be thankful when they come.

Case # 26 (15 Minutes)

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Closing and Q & A (30 minutes)

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Review

Who is the most important person in the counseling session?

Isaiah 9:6

• When we continue to counsel someone that will not follow directions we are making them defendant on us not Jesus!

• First session points:

1. Testimony

2. Find out issue

3. Give hope

4. Agree on goal (negotiate a goal)

5. Give homework (this is a joint effort) Ecc. 4:9-12

• 3 C’s

Change - Acts 3:19

Confrontation- Gal. 4:16

Concern - Ephesians 4:15

• Goal is what=

restore to usefulness

Romans 8:37 more than conquerors not copers

• Discernment –

Hebrews 5:14 comes from reading and applying God’s word discernment the spirit gift is different it. Explain faith and the gift of faith.

In counseling we struggle because of discernment and personal experiences – remind them that Paul wrote about marriage

• Genesis and the garden story

• The difference between personal application and personal experience.

• Give example

John 14:15

“Love does”

Deut. 30:1-6

“Doing turns into love”

1 John 4:18

“Love defeats fear”

1 John 4:19

“Why love?”

We must not turn our savior into our therapist! People's deepest problem is not emotionally but spiritual! Paul David Tripp

Mental Illness

Homosexuality and same sex attraction

Case # 31 or 32 (15 Minutes)

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