Galatians 3:26-27
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II Corinthians 5:19 – self
The Child of God Counseling* uses II Corinthians 5:19 when a person doubts that God could ever forgive him or her.
Her Own Patch of Rain: The Prayer of a Young Daughter
Helen Baylor is a WELS member (Atonement Congregation). She served the MPS as a school counselor for years. She is a gardener, a mother, an artist, and a graduate of the “Guide Me With Your Counsel” curriculum. She presently lives in Mequon. This book is about family tradition, Christianity, growing things, and family. It involves […]
Isaiah 49:15
Using Isaiah 49:15 for grief, the loss of a child through miscarriage.
Anxiety – Hold On For Dear Life
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. I Peter 5:7 “Hang in there!” Has anyone ever offered you those “encouraging words”? They no doubt meant them to offer you encouragement. But maybe they had the opposite effect. To “hang in there” puts the focus on you and your ability to help […]
Anxiety – Fix your eyes on Jesus
Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, 24 and the boat was already a considerable […]
Understanding Grief and Loss
“Every time I drive past the Veteran’s home, I get a sick feeling in my stomach.” Margo had spent months at the facility caring for her husband. The day that he died, however, was a day she hadn’t gone to visit. She still remembers getting a phone call on that day informing her of his […]
Pornography Makes Empty Promises
Micah remembers the first time he viewed sexually-explicit material. He was with some friends. One of them had a magazine he found at home hidden in the garage. It was full of arousing images of women. Micah remembers how he was awash with both excitement and guilt. He soon found himself fantasizing about those images […]
Shame – Child of God
Make a list of some things you think you are good at. Is shame on that list? Probably not. It should be, though. Whether we like to admit it or not, we are all good at shame. It’s been said that children begin to experience shame as soon as fifteen months of age. We are […]
Guilt – The Forgiven Child
I remember when I was young, and I did something terrible. I stole a piece of candy from the local drug store. I wasn’t very smart in my thievery, though. As soon as we were in the car, I sat in the back seat and began to enjoy my ill-gotten booty. That’s when my mother […]