Pastors and counselors have a heart to help people and are continually looking for new books/techniques/revelation to help them be more effective. Why would so many ignore deliverance ministry — a “tool” that has been around for centuries that was used, endorsed and taught by Jesus? Deliverance ministry for counselors is liking having another club in the golf bag. [Read more…]
Archives for November 2011
RTS Seminar Attendee Testimonial: Freedom From Grief, Unforgiveness and Bitterness
I would like to share my experience at a recent “Released to Soar” Deliverance seminar; I hope you will be encouraged enough to attend one! Originally, when I came upon the Above & Beyond Counseling ministries website, I thought about a family member needing deliverance and volunteered to come along. Little did I know, I too needed ministry in this area. [Read more…]
“My Wife Caught Me Using Pornography”
This is the answer I hear many times during the first counseling appointment when I ask why a client is sitting in front of me. He has been caught using pornography. Sadly, it’s an all too common, particularly when you consider that it is often coming from a man who professes Christ as His Savior.
There are common themes that I’ve found over the years from those who truly recognize that pornography is truly a problem in their life. Those who do not see it as an” issue” are almost impossible to help. [Read more…]
“Counselor, Where Is That In Scripture?”
The question “Where is that in Scripture?” can come from inquiring minds who are trying to understand or religious minds who are looking for an excuse to reject what you have to say. We encounter both mindsets as we try to explain how and why we do the things we do specifically in the ministries of counseling and deliverance.
Make no mistake: for our ministry, the Bible is the ultimate and final authority. Truths in the Word of God are non-negotiable for us. As it relates to the practice itself, we are able to scripturally defend positions that deliverance ministry is valid for the church and is for today. [Read more…]
Straying Off the Narrow Road
In an earlier blog last year, I described how the Lord showed me what we need to do to keep this ministry alive and vibrant (“The Narrow Road to Life“). In this article, I want to elaborate on some things I have learned in counseling about staying on the narrow road to life in our daily walk with Jesus. [Read more…]