Homework for Counselees Struggling with OCD
[…] to the particular struggles of the counselee with OCD. Although their compulsive behavior is often rooted in self-reliance, there is freedom found in trusting God.
Discerning what a Counseling System Really Believes
[…] last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant….” The list goes on. This is […]
Biblical Psychosomatics
[…] Baler and Volkow in their article “Drug addiction: the neurobiology of disruptive self-disrupted self–control” quoted in Trends in Molecular Medicine 2006. When they do […]
A Counselor’s Conversation Matters
The words of a counselor should be self-controlled, wise, and filled with hope.
Pursuing Purity Before Marriage
[…] what accords with sound doctrine. Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise […]
The Kindest Person in the Room
[…] But let’s think about this for a minute. Robin Sharma, author and self-identified leadership expert with over 4 million followers on Facebook, wrote, “The […]
Sword Words
[…] desire to control others. What we might call in a biblical lens self sovereignty that says, “My kingdom come, my will be done.” Whereas […]
Emotions as Vital Indicators
Truth in Love 301
[…] of power with God to begin to exercise what the Scripture calls self–control. Sam Stephens: I think that’s really important too. We always really […]
Human Suffering and Heaven’s Hope
Truth in Love 177
[…] to use to squeeze bitterness out of my life, anxiety, fears, doubt, self-centeredness, to make me the kind of holy person who then would […]
Scrupulosity
Truth in Love 443
[…] I could not live with myself.” There really is a love of self at the root of this. “I can’t imagine living my life […]
Counseling Postpartum Depression
Truth In Love 421
[…] trial so that in her sadness she will turn from herself, the self-focus that she has and she’ll turn to our Triune God for […]
God is in Control
[…] of tranquilizing themselves while they are in the box (drugs, alcohol, pornography, self-mutilation, anorexic behavior, etc.), not realizing that these things not only close […]