A biblical counseling ministry in your church? Yes! Joshua Waulk, director of Baylight Counseling, list 5 reasons for church-based biblical counseling ministry. Biblical Counseling Center offers LAUNCH, a one-year plan to get an effective counseling center up and running at your church. This article appeared first here on Baylight Counseling’s website. Here are five reasons why every local church ought … Read More
Forgiveness Sets You Free
Forgiveness is something we often don’t feel like doing. It’s hard to forgive someone who has hurt us. Yet, we know it’s the right thing to do. This reassuring article by Donna Hart, PhD, a counselor at Biblical Counseling Center, appeared first here on her website and is used with permission. Forgiveness is powerful and transformative, and yet at … Read More
NOT Selfish: Love Marker #5
Are you selfish in your marriage? Are you selfish in the Church? Do you think needs and desires matter most? If you and I are honest, we’ll admit to selfishness. Awfully humbling, isn’t it? The following list of 7 signs of a selfish spouse will direct you toward the unselfish life God desires. Based on 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, these love … Read More
Patience: Love Marker 1!
Welcome to our Summer Love series, opening with our first love marker: patience. You probably know the Bible’s chapter called the Hymn of Love: Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at … Read More
Salvation: The Key to Counseling
A counselee’s salvation is fundamental to effective counseling. The Holy Spirit brings about real heart change in the hurting person. Written by Ed Hines, this article was originally posted on the Faith Biblical Counseling Ministry’s blog, and is republished with permission. We understand that God, working through the Holy Spirit, is the one who brings about change in people’s hearts. (Ephesians 4:22-24]. … Read More
Fixing Problems Begins with YOU!
Fixing problems begins with the counselee — not circumstances, not the other person. Guest writer Julie Ganschow, director of Reigning Grace Counseling Center, shares how she helps counselees fix problems and experience spiritual growth. This article appeared first here on Julie’s blog and is used with permission. I have noticed that when people come for help for their problems, they … Read More
Follow Your Faith or Your Feelings?
Faith: Should you trust God even when you don’t feel like it? Would it hurt to follow your feelings? Guest writer Kelly Needham considers these questions in her article which appeared first at ReviveOurHearts.com and is used with permission. Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen (Heb. 11:1). If I could be so bold, here’s … Read More
Running on the Narrow Road
Running on the narrow road helps you avoid the ditches of legalism and license — two problems that can lead to problems your counselees may have. This article by biblical counselor Joshua Waulk, the director of Baylight Counseling in Tampa, Florida, first appeared here on his website and is used with permission. Unless you’re a Navy Seal or a Tough … Read More
Pain: Helping People Persevere
Pain of every kind hurts: physical, emotional, spiritual . Your response to pain can spiral from discouragement to depression. Or, you can let pain teach to persevere and become more like Christ. Hurrying to answer her phone for a Skype appointment, Cheri accidentally slammed her toe into a Little People garage toy and lost her balance as she reached for … Read More
