Week 10

A Biblical Counseling Model

Seeking Illumination

• Where Are You?• Where Do You Need to Be?• How Will You Get There?(1)Dr. Jones provided these questions as a roadmap

for counseling. These questions are ones we all need to address personally and professionally on a regular basis.

(1) Dr. Ian F. Jones, The Counsel of Heaven on Earth (Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group, 2006), 36.

Model for Counseling

General Process Model Road Map1. Joining Where are you?2. Problem Definition3. Setting Counseling Goals Where do you want to be?

4. Counseling Assessment5. Counseling Plan How will you get there? 6. Active Counseling Stage 7. Completion/Termination

Self - Esteem

• A synonym for pride• Self-esteem = success/ pretention (2)• Acceptance in the Beloved is a way

of viewing ourselves as lovable and capable, not by our accomplishments or knowledge

Application

• Where Are You?• Where Do You Need to Be?• How Will You Get There?(3)

In your devotional time this week, reflect on these questions in relation to your own spiritual life. Are you in daily prayer? How well do you know the Bible? How will you get to a deeper place of spiritual growth and knowledge of the Lord?

(3) Dr. Ian F. Jones, The Counsel of Heaven on Earth, 36.

References

(1)Ian F. Jones, The Counsel of Heaven on Earth, (Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group, 2006), 36.

(2)Edward B. Katz. “Self esteem: The past of an illusion.” American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 58:3 (1998): 303-315.