Above & Beyond Christian Counseling
Christian Counseling and Deliverance Ministry
Does guilt grab you during the holidays?
Do you feel scattered and off balance with all the distractions?
I had a conversation about guilt during the weeks before Christmas while at the gym working out with my instructor. (The gym seems to be a great place to share deep subjects while you are stuck on a treadmill counting the minutes until you can escape). [Read more…]
The Christmas season for many, rather than a time of love, joy and peace, is one where “their” depression is manifest in a powerful way.
Demonic spirits have names and in Isa 61:3 the Lord promises to give His people a garment of praise to replace a spirit of heaviness (NIV) or despair (NKJV). We have ministered to hundreds, if not thousands of people, over the years that battle depression. [Read more…]
As part of the preparation for deliverance ministry, and obviously an important aspect of any Christ-based counseling process, we teach extensively on the need to forgive those who have wronged us. We talk about what it means to forgive, how you can know that you have forgiven and how to deal with emotional issues after the fact. Do we need to forgive God? [Read more…]
Over this past year God has shown us the need to offer continued counseling to those who would benefit from understanding a simple process on how to renew their mind from lie based patterns of thinking. As we look across the body of Christ this seems to be a consistent theme that the Holy Spirit is speaking to many. As I focused on this area, many doors began to open. [Read more…]
I’ve had occasion to minister to wronged spouses (victims of adultery, spouse caught with pornography or perversions, etc) and they often do not understand why their partner just did not stop doing the behavior. The same argument is sometimes used when dealing with those dealing with substance abuse issues. “If you really loved me, you would have stopped” is the common refrain in various forms and contexts. How do we address that question in deliverance ministry? [Read more…]