"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. This describes how the Bible helps us gain wisdom that we need to live life correctly on a daily basis. If we are not living in according to God’s word them we cannot instruct others accordingly. We can see by looking at this verse how God promises us that many years will be added to our lives if we live correctly according to our knowledge of Him.
A COMPARISON PAPER: CRABB’S EFFECTIVE BIBLICAL COUNSELING Dr. Larry Crabb believes that “God has ordained the local church to be His primary instrument to tend to his people's aches and pains.” He lays out a counseling plan for the local church to use in his book, Effective Biblical Counseling: A Model for Helping Caring Christians Become Capable Counselors (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1977). In this standard textbook for Christian counselors, he reminds us that people “will never be happy if [they are] concerned primarily with becoming happy (Crabb, page 22).” The real goal of life and thus the path of happiness is glorifying God and serving others. SUMMARY: The author’s theory/methodology 1. Primary goal (What is the desired outcome?) Dr. Crabb shares that the biblical goal of counseling goals should be to help people move over to the path of righteousness (Crabb, 28); and help them move up in their maturity to be like Christ (Crabb, 29).
Effective missionaries are lifelong learners of culture, working to understand where their people currently are so they can lead them to a true, yet truly enculturated, understanding of the grace and truth of Jesus Christ. They understand that the core of the Good News can come wrapped in different packages and expressions. That is all to say, this book by Reggie McNeal resonates with my passion for people with a missional faith. That we should be more missional. To survive as a church in this modern western world, we need a huge paradigm shift of being missional.
And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off--for all whom the Lord our God will call." 40With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation." 41Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. 42They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
194). The Holy Spirit is the one thing and person that makes the difference in the Christian life. He is the one who comes in our hearts and gives us identity and purpose. We communicate this to students through a changed lifestyle, showing that Jesus can and will give you true identity and security. Conclusion In conclusion, I truly love this book, Timeless Youth Ministry.
It is with great importance that I continue to grow and learn as I walk my spiritual path. Attaining all that I possibly can through my education and being able to be a vessel to assist others. I must strengthen my theological background as I continue with life, this is necessary for me if I want to be a good shepherd and counselor. God has placed me at this point for a reason, and I believe that is to grow closer to Him. * Action If I was speaking with a friend, I would most definitely tell them to keep God at the forefront of their lives.
Is there wailing involved? Or is it acceptable to pray only in times of need or crisis, like so many of us do? You would think that as you grow up, your prayers would too. However, many of us engage in the “what can you do for me, Lord?” structure of prayer and aren’t even aware of how much more there is to it. In Dave Earley’s book Prayer: the Timeless Secret of High-Impact Leaders, a straight forward prayer plan is laid out for even the most sophomoric of students to follow so that they may develop a stronger relationship with Christ.
Even if this thought is not always shown outwardly it is the core of our thinking. Nash tells us it is important to know what you believe and stand for because as he stated, “Thy can be compared to a train running on tracks that have no switches. Once a person commits himself to a certain set of presuppositions, is direction and destination are determined” (Nash, 1992, 23). Our Christian life and relationships will all reflect our biblical Christian worldview in some way, every day. “Our faith has important things to say about the whole of human life” (Nash, 1992, 20).
For many Christians, their faith and devotion to God is tried through the everyday actions they encounter. They are compelled to either follow their heart by continually building on their relationship with God, or follow the crowd by giving in to the temptation the society contains. In this situation, facing the circumstances courageously means one does not give in to the sinful ways of the world, but constantly overcomes them, allowing the Holy Spirit to guide their paths. By rebelling against the common lifestyle with a commitment to follow the Word of God, I believe one possesses a commendable amount of courage by staying true to
The Holy Spirit is someone that we can lean on and draw strength from in our times of need. When we go through losses, hardship, and things in our life He will Comfort us. He will also teach us the ways of righteousness and convict us of things in our lives that are not in the will of God. The Holy Spirit guided Christ as He walked on the earth as a human. Many people question how it was that Jesus walked on this earth and remained sinless it was because of the help of the Holy Spirit in His life.