Biblical Counseling.pdf - Online Christian Library

• People do not look for solutions to personal conflicts until they have responded inrepentance of their sins.VII. We must Stress Their Whole Relationship to Christ.(The Whole Life is Important for Change.)A. It All must be Discussed when Extended Counseling is Done.* devotions* church attendance* witnessing as a vital part of growth and victory* repentance, confession, and reconciliation, etc.B. The Goal is not to Make People Better, or Happier.You will want to focus not just on their immediate problem but also on theirrelationship to Christ. Get them into a Bible study, help them know their position in HIM.VIII. Helping Them Handle Life's Dominating Problems:(We will be brief in dealing with this aspect here.)Don't focus only on the life dominating problem. Consider the total person, focus also onthe life patterns which make up the life. Total restructuring must take place and this meansdealing with the problem in relationship to all areas of the life.Dominating problems are those problems that affect every area of one's life--drugs,alcoholism, homosexuality, etc. (There are many.)Every area of the person's life must come under review. A drunkard, for example,develops sinful patterns of family relations, irresponsibility toward job, church, neighbors,finances, pressure, etc. He has difficulty dealing with his many problems as well as the majorsin problem.___________________________________________________________________________________I want to give special recognition of the fact that many of the ideas of the materials in theimmediate foregoing sections is from a study of --- Dr. Jay Adam's writings... In TheChristian's Counseling Manual and from Dr. Walt Croom's writings in the manual.... Instituteof Christian Counseling materials .. and the materials of Dr. Larry R. Thornton... in CounselingPrinciples and Martin Bobgan's book How To Counsel From Scripture.COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF BIBLICAL COUNSELING -- Recognition of Thoughts andtheir Effect on the Life.Introduction:Biblical counseling always includes dealing with both the inner man and the outer manwiththoughts and emotions and with words and actions. For a Christian to live a consistentlife, his thoughts, emotions, words, and actions must cooperate with the indwelling HolySpirit.Christ emphasized the relationship of inner thoughts, understanding, and desire, withouter actions and words (Matthew 12: 34-35). In the psychological world there is an argumentbetween those counselors who deal with behavior and those who deal with thought. As far asthe Bible is concerned both are important. Proverbs 16:3 says "Commit thy works unto the©2000, Revival in the Home Ministries 38