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Taking on the role as a Christian counselor may come very hard in the world today. For as Christians there is an enemy that is ready to attack the mind, body and soul at any given time. This enemy is Satan himself to over this enemy that best thing to do is to always pray. If praying is not helping because patience has overwhelmed a person because God is not answering those prayers. The second best thing is to seek professional help, to get everything off someone’s chest and feed positive thoughts this to person that is in need of advice. As a Christian counselor his or her job to put every situation into an ethical basket, analyze this person’s situation using philoshical theories, using the examples of what God would do if he was in the counselor

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