BIBLICAL
Counsel
Help and hope from the Word of God
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Biblical Counseling …
“A conversation with a friend
helping to apply the truths of
Scripture to life…”
“…distinguishing between
suffering and sin and how the
two are related and…”
“…leading people through a
process by which they become
more and more like Jesus in
how they live and love, both
inside and out.”
Why do we do the things we do?
Nature
VS.
Nurture
Why do we do the things we do?
Nature
VS.
biology
genes
hereditary
Nurture
Why do we do the things we do?
Nature
VS.
biology
genes
hereditary
Nurture
experiences
relationships
environmental
Why do we do the things we do?
“We do what we do, because
we want what we want”
Why do we do the things we do?
What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they
come from your desires that battle within you? You
desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you
cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You
do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask,
you do not receive, because you ask with wrong
motives, that you may spend what you get on your
pleasures.
James 4:1-3
Why do we do the things we do?
Above all else, guard your heart, for
everything you do flows from it.
Proverbs 4:23
Why do we do the things we do?
Desires of our Heart shape our:
Thinking:
Matthew 9:4
Why do we do the things we do?
Desires of our Heart shape our:
Thinking:
Matthew 9:4
Emotions: Proverbs 15:13
Why do we do the things we do?
Desires of our Heart shape our:
Thinking:
Matthew 9:4
Emotions: Proverbs 15:13
Speaking: Luke 6:45
Why do we do the things we do?
Desires of our Heart shape our:
Thinking:
Matthew 9:4
Emotions: Proverbs 15:13
Speaking: Luke 6:45
Acting:
Matthew15:19
Why do we do the things we do?
Focusing only on…
Thinking:
Emotions:
Speaking:
Acting:
How do we change the human heart?
For the word of God is living and active.
Sharper than any double-edged sword, it
penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit,
joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts
and attitudes of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12
How’s my heart?
What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they
come from your desires that battle within you? You
desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you
cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You
do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask,
you do not receive, because you ask with wrong
motives, that you may spend what you get on your
pleasures.
James 4:1-3
How’s my heart?
What do I want?
What am I willing to do in order to get
what I want?
How will I respond if I don’t get what I
want?
BIBLICAL
Counsel
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