Counseling is more than just a string of Bible verses, some diagrams, and some accountability. The only hope for the counseling process to keep moving forward effectively is hinged on generous amounts of God’s grace being poured out on both the counselee and counselor. So do you know how to tap into God’s channels of …
How do people really change? And where does the Bible call us to focus when we want to make significant and lasting changes that will help us move forward in pleasing God? We’ll dig into one chapter of the Bible that zeroes in on where we should focus and why. Download Outline
After 35 years of both marriage and ministry, Brad and Vicki together share what God has taught them through the seasons of adversity they’ve faced in their marriage, parenting, ministry, and health issues. The adversities have weakened them but His grace has made them more like our Savior, and more useful to His kingdom. Download …
God’s Grace in a Season of Suffering (Brad and Vicki) Read More »
Download Outline Milton Vincent “Forgiveness”
Christians are not immune to depression, so God’s Word stands ready to help us. And part of that help can be found in some of the ‘dark’ Psalms of lamentation that give voice to the emotions and confusion we feel when darkness settles in around us. In this workshop we’ll use one of the darkest …
What do people who fast look like? Do you think of someone strange? Legalistic? Someone who never laughs or smiles? Bigney will give reasons why we need to revive this neglected spiritual discipline – and put it back near the top of our counseling tool box. You’ll learn how fasting can be a tool that …
Parenting, more than any other calling, can bring you to the very end of yourself – and that’s not all bad. God calls us to humble ourselves and look to Him instead of chasing after every new parenting ‘system’ that comes along. And it’s only when you reach the end of yourself in the whole …
So much of our counseling involves resolving some type of conflict – whether in marriage, or parenting, or work situations. Find out what the Bible says is the heart behind what drives most of our conflict, and then learn how to lead people to take steps of biblical resolution that focuses on pleases God more …
Conflict – Understanding, Avoiding, Growing through Conflict Read More »
It’s amazing how a ‘fuzzy’ truth can become a ‘hammer’ that breaks through the confusion when you not only say it but draw a picture to help them see it. Our counselees can often go from sitting in the dark regarding a truth to walking in the light of God’s mercy when you not only …
Bigney digs below the surface to look at the heart of a complainer that is fed by a cluster of sins. And then points the way out with some practical steps towards repentance. Download Outline