Above & Beyond Christian Counseling
Christian Counselors, 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…]
“The devil just keeps coming against me, brother.”
Every counselor has heard that lament many times, and many counselees have voiced the same complaint over my twenty years in ministry. I’ve had to help many try to sort out the root or roots of their problems. How can you determine if it’s Satan or you who’s primarily to blame? [Read more…]
Is spiritual warfare an Old Testament concept? Do Christians need to understand and engage the spirit realm today or did Jesus take care of that on the cross? These are important questions and what we believe has implications for how we live our daily lives. [Read more…]
God interrupted my commute home one day in 2004 with, “I want my own television show.” His voice instantly transformed my otherwise boring drive. However, my response was not an exuberant “Send me Lord!” It sounded more like, “Have fun with that!”
God faithfully continued, “I don’t want it to be like that show The View, I want it called God’s View.” That got my attention, and His show was inscribed on my heart. [Read more…]
God’s revealed truth in the Holy Bible presents a pathway to life for believers. However, the demonic realm has access to the same scriptures, and they know precisely where the boundary markers are for them. [Read more…]