Above & Beyond Christian Counseling
Christian Counseling, Deliverance Ministry and Spiritual Warfare
On the first counseling appointment, we try to assess a person’s spiritual condition… specifically, where are they in their relationship with Christ?
One chilling response always concerns me, “I consider myself a spiritual person.” It sounds harmless but I’ve found that clients who voice that view are often very difficult to connect with. They voice it with a tinge of pride and consider it a positive factor but I’ve often seen it to be otherwise.
Why is that? [Read more…]
When we minister to children, understanding traumatic events that happened during the mothers’ pregnancy or during the actual birth is essential for effective deliverance.
A mother concerned about her four-year-old son’s fearful behavior came into the office looking for answers. Everything seemed to frighten him. When I asked her about traumatic events in her life, she stated, “I spent most of my pregnancy scared to death.”
Soon after she became pregnant, her husband accepted a job requiring him to travel and spend many nights each week away from home. She felt abandoned, angry, and afraid. [Read more…]
Our nation, and indeed the entire world, is reeling amid a significant social, medical, and economic crisis. The term “social distance” has sprung into our vocabulary and will be forever reminder of this time.
While earthly systems and paradigms are being shaken, we hope you are enduring this trial immersed in the peace of God, taking thoughts captive and letting the Lord work things together for good in your life (Romans 8:28). [Read more…]
“I just don’t care anymore!”
“I give up!”
“I am bored.”
“If I finish this blog, no one will read it anyway!”
If you are speaking these words, they are an indication that a spirit of apathy is working overtime to steal your promises from God and leave you hopeless.
Apathy is an ugly spirit that co-labors with boredom to wear down your resolve to leave you hopeless. It’s like weed killer on your favorite house plant that is being poured out of your mouth. What comes to kill, steal, and destroy uses your tongue as a lethal weapon.
I see it all the time with the young people that come in. If they have to wait for anything, they become restless, bored, and impatient. They give up quickly because they are the microwave generation of instantaneous gratification. They never learned how to wait so they even get agitated when a text response takes too long.
But for older folks who remember snail mail, and waiting weeks for an answer, impatience is replaced by weariness in the waiting. Weariness distances you from your promise, and it begins to feel like a hopeless memory that now looks impossible.
Stop right there!
Nothing is impossible with God! Just don’t give up!
I sense that 2020 is the year of breakthrough! I have personally seen in one day a situation bathed in prayer for almost 20 years completely turn around.
Apathy is part of the slumber stronghold, which includes isolation, indifference, laziness, sluggishness, daydreaming and confusion. During deliverance sessions, this is the stronghold that wants clients to quit and give up. They often hear, “This isn’t going to work, just forget it.”
A spirit of dread that visits you when you first wake up will activate a stronghold of slumber. It gets you to say things like;
“I wish I could just stay in bed.”
“I wish I didn’t’ have to face this day.”
“I just want to sleep.”
These are invitations to spirits of slumber that will bind you to your bedroom. Your agreement gives them the legal right to saturate you in an apathetic, lazy mood that keeps you from moving forward. What usually follows is depression.
Don’t give one more day to the demons that weigh you down with apathy. It’s time to take a 2020 view of your dreams and become fruitful in your land of promise.
Of course, if you need help, we are just an intake form away from your first session!
You need spiritual help. Your issue is beyond what your pastor can deal with. Do you need to jump drive (or maybe fly) somewhere or would be comfortable dealing with someone via a computer screen? I want to help you sort through answers to questions you may have so you can determine what’s best for you.
I believe three separate questions need to be answered: