Above & Beyond Christian Counseling
Christian Counseling, Deliverance Ministry and Spiritual Warfare
Leaning on our own understanding can cause major stumbles in our lives! It hinders our growth with Christ, causes heartache and often leads us down unintended rabbit trails. Many years ago God showed me a picture of what it looks like to him when we lean on our own understanding. [Read more…]
The issue of a person’s salvation is obviously paramount for their eternal destiny but in deliverance ministry it is a vital concern because demons do not want to relinquish a soul!
I ministered to a man a few years back who came from out of state for deliverance ministry. He had been raised in an eastern orthodox religion and still attended that church faithfully. When I asked (as I always do) about his destination if he would die this day, he was very candid in his uncertainty. He knew about Jesus, believed in Jesus but was really not sure if he was saved and would go to heaven. I noted that uncertainty and determined to address it when it came to the day of his deliverance prayer. [Read more…]
Should you talk to demons? Can you get truthful answers from them?
There is some level of debate among deliverance ministers as to whether or not one should speak to, or ask questions of demonic spirits during deliverance. [Read more…]
I saw a t-shirt recently that said “The voices in my head don’t like you” and it reminded me of people who we’ve ministered to who have had the voices silenced.
Some number of clients we see are on psychotropic medications for various afflictions, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and more. The overwhelming majority of them are very unsatisfied with the effectiveness of these medications and their short visits with their medical professional typically involves whether to increase dosage, decrease it or try another.
Discerning of spirits is one of the least understood spiritual gifts in the Body of Christ. We strongly believe that everyone can (and needs to!) operate powerfully and effectively in that gift to wage spiritual warfare effectively.
It is less understood then most of the others because, as with deliverance and the demonic realm in general, there is limited teaching on it. [Read more…]