Biblical Counsel Through the Word of God

Counseling someone biblically is a process of biblical discipleship to teach others how they can grow closer to God by studying the Bible effectively, learning to pray continuously, developing Godly relationships, and trusting and obeying the God who loves you as his daughter created in His image.

Biblical Counseling Is ...

Biblical counselors seek the Lord for His grace in these areas. That He would help us know Him and His Word humbly and rightly. That we would learn to counsel according to the Word of the Lord, full of patience and good fruits. That we wouldn’t try to fix people and their problems, but love them well, counsel them with wisdom, and help them see and trust our Savior Jesus Christ." Source: A Definition for Biblical Counseling (ABC).

Further, "biblical counseling is the personal discipleship ministry of God’s people to others under the oversight of God’s church, dependent upon the authority and sufficiency of God’s Word through the work of the Holy Spirit. Biblical counseling is the personal discipleship ministry of God’s people to others under the oversight of God’s church, dependent upon the authority and sufficiency of God’s Word through the work of the Holy Spirit. Biblical counseling seeks to reorient disordered desires, affections, and behaviors toward a God-designed anthropology in an effort to restore true worship of God and right fellowship with others. This is accomplished by speaking the truth in love and applying Scripture to the need of the moment by comforting the suffering and calling sinners to repentance thus working to make them mature as they abide in Jesus Christ." Source: The Nature of Biblical Counseling (ACBC).

Biblical Counseling Defined

"Biblical counseling can be defined as a fluid event and process of a Spirit-empowered Christ follower providing face-to-face ministry of the Word to others.

Offered in Love. The relationship between the counselor and those he or she counsels should be filled with and shaped by Biblical love (1 John 4:7; Colossians 1:28-29). Shaped by Biblical love means motivated by affection for God and genuine compassion for others. It means we seek the eternal good of the person or people we counsel. We should be less interested in the applause of people, and more interested in their spiritual health. We should be less concerned with receiving glory from those we serve and more concerned with helping them give glory to the Lord Jesus Christ (John 3:26-30). Of course, faithfully holding to these principles will be dependent on the spiritual condition of our souls. Our “mouth speaks from that which fills the heart” (Luke 6:45).