Sometimes it’s the simplest things that make the biggest difference. For many years I’ve used the 3 R’s I learned from Ben Patterson to pray through Scripture. This simple tool has helped me pray the Bible more than any other single strategy. I’ve used in my devotional times and have employed it often in leading others in prayer. 1. Rejoice 2. Repent 3. Request
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Have you noticed that everything in your life wears out? The sweater that you loved so much and wore winter after winter, is now stuffed in the bottom drawer of your dresser, threadbare, unused, and unwanted.
I am excited to feature a guest blog by Dr. Mary Ann Block, great insights on good treatment of ADHD symptoms. Attention and Behavior Problems Are Not ADHD, by Dr. Mary Ann Block I have never seen a child that actually has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). In my medical practice, I have seen thousands of children that have been labeled
Nothing strikes fear into the heart of counselor faster than hearing our counselee threaten to harm herself or someone else, or even worse, disclose that they have already have. How do we respond? What should we do? Or not do? Even if you are a church based counselor, it is critical that we are familiar with the ethical and legal dilemmas involved in such cases. Briefly, here are four areas we must be vigilant so we will handle these difficult situations in a clinically sound and ethically responsible manner.
During the last four years, the Lord has brought a variety of new opportunities into my life some of which have included the birth of two beautiful daughters, forming a new counseling ministry in D/FW, working with a team to develop the Association of Biblical Counselors, and designing a dissertation project to finish up my Ph.D. work.
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; color: rgb(54, 53, 46); font-family: Bitter, georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 32px; background-color: rgb(247, 246, 239);"> What you believe about God changes everything.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; color: rgb(54, 53, 46); font-family: Bitter, georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 32px; background-color: rgb(247, 246, 239);"> It affects how you love, work, live, marry, parent, evangelize, purchase, and worship. Is God an impersonal blob, distant and disinterested in the world except for figuring out who the good and bad people are? Is “god” a karma vibe making sure everyone gets what they deserve? Is God a myth that weak, stupid, or oppressive people use to console themselves or dominate other people? Is God a cosmic cheerleader who is concerned mainly with helping you achieve immediate happiness and self-actualization? Or is God someone else?</p>
Cherie Hill, a modern author, wrote that we love God's grace, but we don't like his watch. Her statement convicts me as I know how I respond to what I consider is God's slowness. 2 Peter 3:9 states, "The Lord is not slow
Last blog we discussed what it meant to live in our relationships with An Investment Mentality. Here's the third and final mentality: 3) YOU MUST LIVE IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH A GRACE MENTALITY: When I got married, I didn’t understand grace. I had a principle-istic view of Scripture that caused me to bring a law economy into all of my relationships.
Last month I received an avalanche of responses on my Facebook page to last month’s blog “Let’s Not Call it Abuse”. Many women recounted painful experiences of invalidation, minimization and silence from their Christian counselor when she disclosed what was happening at home. From the overwhelming feedback I received, it obvious I hit a raw nerve and I think it best that we, as biblical counselors pay attention.
<p> Back in my early days of ministry, I was a kindergarten teacher at a Christian school. Those were the four longest years of my life...actually, that's not true. They were four great years, because I was finally with an age group that I could relate to!</p>