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Christian Counseling Methods

The guidance counselor must pay the closest attention to the spirit of the counselee, for it is there that the counselee's personality and motivation exists. The spirit of a person is the immaterial essence of the personality that continues to exist after the body dies. As Jesus related in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31), the spirit of the man in torment was able to "remember" (v. 25). It is in the spirit that true and lasting changes begin. Proverbs 25:28 says "He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls." If a person does not rule his spirit his actions are destructive. Conversely, one who does rule his spirit acts wisely, and builds up both himself and the people (or society) around him.

A method of counseling that will seek to effect lasting changes in the counselee must therefore be willing to deal with the spirit of a person. Proverbs 18:14 says "The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?" If the spirit of a person is such that it can hold up under any physical infirmity (as numerous handicapped people can attest), then it is the spirit of the man that is the focus of the personality and the source of its strength. This is the focus Jesus takes with His children, giving them a new nature, a spirit that is alive and can communicate with God in worship and prayer. The secular psychologist, ignoring the spirit, treats only the symptoms of the diseased spirit such as neuroses and obsessions. All of these, however, derive from a spirit that is sick with sin.

The word "sin" should bear definition before continuing. Sin is a word most people don't like because it implies the person is wrong. Most people, late twentieth century Americans in particular, vehemently deny being wrong even when an overwhelming majority of the evidence and testimony says they are. Proverbs 16:25 says "There is a way that seemeth...

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Christian Counseling Methods. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 01:22, March 29, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1700562.html