Counsel with the Word

Col 3:16 “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.”

Admonish- “Neutheteo” means to instruct, teach or warn.

Well meaning earnestness with which one seeks to influence the mind and disposition by appropriate instruction, exhortation, warning and correction.

Biblical Counseling defined

The private ministry of the word of God, tailored specifically to the individual involved.

Using the Bible in wise and appropriate ways to bring God-glorying change to God’s people.

Colossians 3:12–15 (ESV)

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.

1. Counsel with Love

2. Ask the Right Questions

3. Provoke True Lasting Change