When an individual comes to know Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior it marks the end of a stage in their life with the death of their innate natural man. However, the ending here is not in and of itself the end. On the contrary, death of the natural man gives birth to the spiritual man. A new beginning filled with hope, faith, and praise: A time for joyful expression and new adventures. But what does this new spiritual man do? How do they act? What unknowns lay ahead? Well, with the help of one’s pastor, God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the Word, and the church the new spiritual man is not alone. Guidance and nurturing will be provided to ensure he follows righteously in the path of Jesus Christ.
When the old man passes away and the new man is present he is not alone. The same should apply to anyone involved in group counseling when the sessions come to a close. In order to function properly they too will need guidance and support as to how best use everything they learned during the group process. According to Gladding, (2016) “Ending a group is filled with thoughts and feelings that tend to influence individuals long after the group experience is just a …show more content…
While the depth and breadth of this stage will vary they assert that “every session should have a closing phase” (Jacobs, Masson, Harvill, & Schimmel, 2012, p. 366). This chapter covers such areas as “purposes and goals” (p.367), “formats for closing a session” (p. 372), “helpful closing skills and techniques” (p. 375), and “exercises to use” (p. 386). The amount of information provided is more than ample and the entire chapter, not to mention the entire book, could be used as a one-source stop for a majority of a researcher’s needs with regards to group
When the old man passes away and the new man is present he is not alone. The same should apply to anyone involved in group counseling when the sessions come to a close. In order to function properly they too will need guidance and support as to how best use everything they learned during the group process. According to Gladding, (2016) “Ending a group is filled with thoughts and feelings that tend to influence individuals long after the group experience is just a …show more content…
While the depth and breadth of this stage will vary they assert that “every session should have a closing phase” (Jacobs, Masson, Harvill, & Schimmel, 2012, p. 366). This chapter covers such areas as “purposes and goals” (p.367), “formats for closing a session” (p. 372), “helpful closing skills and techniques” (p. 375), and “exercises to use” (p. 386). The amount of information provided is more than ample and the entire chapter, not to mention the entire book, could be used as a one-source stop for a majority of a researcher’s needs with regards to group