Have you ever been torn apart, shattered, devastated? At a time like this, even if you’re not officially asking for help, there may be someone you know who knows your personal tragedy and offers help. Advice for someone going through a crisis, disaster, or other event that extraordinarily robs you of stability can do more harm than good.
We constantly receive or offer advice for the two little things:
?? Don’t you put so much sugar in your coffee?
?? Wear a sweater when you leave the house.
As for the most important:
?? Shouldn’t she part with her husband?
?? This job isn’t good enough for you, leave this company, can you get something better?
Out of compassion, some Christians are willing to help, to provide help that stops the pain, and brings this person’s world back to its daily order. However, we often use more common sense to offer help than a biblical word that will. comforts the heart from the numbness of pain.
It is not that, by ourselves, we are able to think of something, as if it were ours; on the contrary, our presumption comes from God. 2 Corinthians 3. 5
Sheep, we are the people of truth, and our advice is not based on fantastic tales or popular sayings, our advice should be full of Truth, Grace and Mercy of God.
I understand that when we hear the word Counselor, an elderly shepherd comes to mind, sitting in his office behind a solid imbuia table, looking over his glasses, but you, like sheep of the Lord Jesus, are also called to participate in this. Service.
I know it seems a great responsibility to take care of the life of a person who is suffering, yes, it really is a great responsibility, but our Lord has called you to this, he will not abandon you, he will embrace you. accountability as you commit, commit, advance your call to?Other?.
Whenever a Christian offers to open her mouth to give advice, it is salt and light for the body of Christ and frees other women to believe in the fables of this world.
The counsel that comes out of our mouths must be solid, we must know how to counsel with the Word of God Do you know the Word?Certainly, a Christian woman who regularly participates in the worship of God has listened to the whole Council of God and is preparing to give this counsel to a sister.
Your private moment with the Lord, reading your Word, pondering all that you have known about our Lord, will make you increasingly able to counsel.
Pray to the Holy Ghost and ask her to provide her with the biblical text that can illustrate the situation of the counseled woman, he will remind her that she promised that she would. Pray to the Holy Ghost to transform the hearts of those who are counseled.
I want to encourage you to go out with women who are suffering, there are many and suffering is diverse, it is important to remember that the Lord sends us and accompanies us, Emmanuel, the Lord comforts and comforts us. The Lord is the wonderful counselor, where two women are gathered in his name, he is the chief counselor.
Do not be afraid of biblical counsel, for when truth is proclaimed, there is liberation, transformation of the spirit, new life, God is glorified and we bear witness to his Kingdom!
Go ahead, sheep, God is with you!