Christian Counseling

Introduction God is in the business of making broken things whole. It is through the life of His spirit that we are brought back to wholeness.  Nothing that has occurred in our past is allowed to have sovereign reign in our life when we summon the God of the universe for assistance. Those parts of…

Equal and Opposite:  Abandonment | Enmeshment In Greek mythology there is a centuries-old story of a young man named Oedipus.  In the early 1900s, Sigmond Freud grabbed hold of this metaphorical example of an adolescent child’s relationship with his parents and referred to it as the “Oedipus Complex.” Not one for secular psychology, or Greek…

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.  In all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.”  Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV Introduction No concept is harder for people to grasp than what it means to surrender. As sad as it sounds, many (if not…

“Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see” (Hebrews 11:1 NLT). Our decision to no longer live our lives as a continual expression of our past, and to fully let go and trust God with our future, demands what the Bible refers to as faith….

God’s word empowers us and enables us to go all the way in our pursuit of Jesus.  In the passage from Romans chapter 2, nonconformity to the world does not simply mean avoidance of worldly behaviors.  If that were the case, Jesus would have been affirming the Pharisees as opposed to challenging them.  Certainly, behavior…

Shedding blood is a metaphor referring to the fact that without death, there is no forgiveness of sins. So, our true transformation – a profound change from the inside out – is made possible only through the perfect sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.  Here are several important elements of this gift that God offers…

Many reading this may have not spent much time in church, let alone reading the Bible.  So, a sentence like this one surely makes absolutely no sense at all to you.  And I respect that. It wasn’t until I was 22 years old that I opened a Bible for myself, and actually began to take…

God has given us His Spirit who can and will empower us to overcome the battles within.  But we must be willing to allow Him the authority to be in control of our emotions and behaviors, especially those surrounding the toxic shame and false beliefs we have internalized from childhood. This is the very nature…

What Is the Spirit? Our spirit is God’s life in us.  It is our channel of communication with God through the Holy Spirit.  It is what makes true worship of and communion with God possible.  The spirit gives a “God-consciousness” to every believer.  It translates the things of the Spirit of God for us as…

“For the word of God is alive and powerful.  It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow.  It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires” (Hebrews 4:12 NLT). In an earlier chapter, I reflected on a season in my early adult life when it felt as though…