The biblical counseling courses at Boyce college have been the most influential moments of my college years. Below are twenty lessons from Dr. Lambert that have deeply shaped me. I could tell you the class and the room in which many of these truths took root in my heart. I am thankful to Jesus for Boyce’s lasting impact on so many students. I’m floored at the grace of Christ that these are the truths taught at this school!
So without further ado….
20 lessons from being a biblical counseling major at Boyce College
1) P (5) – Push past platitudes to practical particulars (Be practical or unhelpful).
2) The end of counseling should be marked by thankfulness.
3) Engage suffering before sin.
4) Give hope!
5) Biblical counseling without repentance is just regular old counseling.
6) Where is Jesus in your counseling?
7) Humility is the grease that keeps the gears of relationships turning.
8) If there is tension in a relationship look for sin.
9) Forgiveness is a promise not to remember sin except in a redemptive way.
10) Your purpose in your affliction must be to please Jesus.
11) Pray Scripture!
12) Put off/Put on
13) USE THE BIBLE! (so be saturated in it)
14) Radical amputation (for aggressive repentance)
15) Really listen and really care about counselees (most people don’t).
16) Grace empowers obedience.
17) Personal holiness is essential for fruitful ministry.
18) You must ask Jesus for grace to obey, and you receive grace in the doing.
19) You might be wrong in your evaluation of the counselee. Don’t be dogmatic.
20) Give homework that is going to help the counselee encounter Jesus.
One more – Don’t just apologize. Ask for forgiveness, and let it be a time of restoration instead of shame.
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