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Inquire from the Lord
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150: Inquire from the Lord
When you think about biblical counseling, what do you think about it? How important is it for us to have a prayerful God-seeking heart? Usually, people think counseling is for people who are deeply troubled emotionally but, we all need a word of counsel. In today’s podcast, we are going to look at God’s way in counseling concerning prayer.
When God is allowed to be who He is in your life and in the life of those you counsel, He is the wonderful counselor. The spirit of the Lord works in prayerful seeking hearts.
Colossians 1:9 and Ephesians 1:17
We’re called in the word to pray at all times, to pray without ceasing, a heart turned toward the Lord day by day, step by step. It’s the way of the Lord. Prayer is to the Christian life like breathing is to the physical life. Not just something to do with an announced time and place - though that’s great! It’s appropriate every step of the day.
The attitude of the heart tuned toward the Lord, ready anytime to break into verbalization of prayer in need or praise or just silent arrows shot to heaven, the throne of God for the issues we face here on earth.
That’s why in Luke 11, when it talks about God giving the Holy Spirit to those who ask him, not only initially, but in any way, in any measure, fullness, guidance, in response to prayer.
These two scriptures (Colossians 1:9 and Ephesians 1:17) on this line that the Spirit of God works in the word of God in prayerful seeking hearts, these are both prayers. These are biblical prayers.
Let’s pray this great prayer in Colossians 1:9 that we may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.
Finding prayers in the scripture that express our heart and our situation and praying them to God as though they were just uttered first of all from our heart. This is a great way to proceed with the Lord in seeking counsel or giving counsel.
God is going to hear and answer a prayer like that. And in counsel, it stands on the reality of the Lord being the Wonderful Counselor. It stands on the reality of his word being his counsel and the Holy Spirit guiding us in that counsel.
Conclusion:
God’s way in counseling is
Through his Word.
Second by the work of the Holy Spirit.
Third taking place in prayerful, God-seeking hearts,
And fourth, where we minister to one another the arena of church life
Let us inquire of the LORD, and pray about everything, and trust that He will preserve you wherever you go!
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