Biblical Counseling Midterm

Front 1

What is wrong with the behavior in the eight workaholics?

Back 1

It's sinful

Front 2

What two things are wrong with how they behave and what's wrong with their behavior?

Back 2

1) They devote inordinate time and energy to their jobs and their work world.
2) They neglect other priorities such as family time, personal health, and church involvement.

Front 3

What are the three things they all need to do?

Back 3

1) Establish biblical priorities (Ephesians 5:15-6:9; also John 4:34 with John 17:4)
2) Implement biblical principles of time management
3) Rely on God’s strength to do what he has called them to do.

Front 4

What is it that drives their sinful behavior that needs to change?

Back 4

Their hearts

Front 5

What are the four Scripture passages that teach our sinful behavior flows from our sinful hearts?

Back 5

1) Proverbs 4:23
2) Matthew 12:33-35
3) Matthew 15:17-20
4) Galatians 5:16-26

Front 6

What do they all need to do?

Back 6

Repent

Front 7

What is the hope for them being able to grow and change in both heart and behavior?

Back 7

Joel 2:12-13

Front 8

What are the two pieces from Joel 2:12-13?

Back 8

1) Return to God and rend your hearts.
2) Do so in light of God's promise of grace.

Front 9

What is considered a comprehensive model for Christian growth?

Back 9

The Three Tree Model

Front 10

In the Three Tree Model, what three things make up the "Situation?"

Back 10

1) Your World
2) Your Circumstances
3) Your Experiences

Front 11

Within the "situation", what three things make up the "heat"?

Back 11

1) Hardships
2) Trials
3) Sufferings

Front 12

What six specific situations fall under "heat"?

Back 12

1) General life hardships
2) Being Sinned Against
3) Body Problems
4) Satan
5) False Counsel (false teaching & false models)
6) Good Things

Front 13

Within "situation," what are the two things that are the "dew"?

Back 13

1) Good things that happen to you.
2) These are the things of God's common grace blessings.

Front 14

What are the two kinds of people?

Back 14

1) Thorn Bush
2) Fruit Tree

Front 15

What does the thorn bush represent?

Back 15

Sinful behavior

Front 16

What is the specific behavior of the thorn bush?

Back 16

1) Words
2) Actions
3) Emotions

Front 17

What is a sinful heart marked by?

Back 17

Sinful beliefs and motives

Front 18

What does the fruit tree represent?

Back 18

Godly behavior

Front 19

What is the specific behavior of the fruit tree?

Back 19

1) Words
2) Actions
3) Emotions

Front 20

What does the fruit tree bring about?

Back 20

Godly beliefs and motives

Front 21

Within the three tree model, what does God and His provisions represent?

Back 21

Who God is and what God provides in Christ

Front 22

What are the three pieces under "God and His provisions?"

Back 22

1) Triangle & Circle
2) Cross
3) Stream

Front 23

Under, God and HIs Provisions, what is the triangle & circle?

Back 23

1) Triangle symbolizes God himself
2) The circle represents the "Circle of God's Sovereignty"

Front 24

Under, God and His Provisions, what does the circle represent?

Back 24

God and His provisions in Jesus

Front 25

Under, God and His Provisions, what does the stream represent?

Back 25

1) The stream of grace
2) It's the Holy Spirit applying God and His provisions to the sinful heart causing the sinful heart to look more like Christ.

Front 26

What is the key Scripture for the Three Tree Model?

Back 26

Jeremiah 17 (esp. 17:5-8)

Front 27

What is the heat in Jeremiah 17?

Back 27

Israel sinned against God by trusting in man instead of God

Front 28

What are the key verses in Jeremiah 17 for heat?

Back 28

1) Jeremiah 17:3-4, 8
2) Jeremiah 16:10

Front 29

What is the reality behind the thorn bush in Jeremiah 17?

Back 29

The reality behind the metaphor is a heart that is trusting in self or others

Front 30

What are the verses behind the thorn bush in Jeremiah 17?

Back 30

Jeremiah 17:1, 5-6, 9

Front 31

What is the fruit tree fed by in Jeremiah 17?

Back 31

The fruit tree is fed by a stream that flows from the cross

Front 32

What are the verses behind the fruit tree in Jeremiah 17?

Back 32

Jeremiah 17:7-8

Front 33

In Jeremiah 17 what are the two points under God & His provisions?

Back 33

1) God searches and judges (17:10)
2) God heals and saves (17:14)

Front 34

When the Bible speaks of healing what does it have in mind?

Back 34

A covenant restoration to God

Front 35

What is the heat in Psalm 23?

Back 35

The valley of the Shadow of Death and a table before my enemies.

Front 36

What is the good fruit in Psalm 23?

Back 36

Lack of fear because the Lord is my Shepherd

Front 37

What is the bad fruit in Psalm 46?

Back 37

Trouble; world is falling apart

Front 38

What is the good fruit in Psalm 46?

Back 38

Lack of fear

Front 39

In Job 1:6-2:10 what is the situation?

Back 39

Severe suffering

Front 40

What are the three things they both suffered?

Back 40

1) Loss of his health
2) Loss of his possessions
3) Loss of his family members

Front 41

What is the bad fruit from Mrs. Job?

Back 41

Tells her husband to curse God and die in the midst of suffering

Front 42

What is the good fruit from Mr. Job?

Back 42

Praises and blesses God in the midst of the suffering

Front 43

What are the three things we learn about God from God and His Provisions?

Back 43

1) God is sovereign
2) God is good
3) God is wise

Front 44

What are the three summary observations about Mr. & Mrs. Job?

Back 44

1) They both suffered severely
2) They both knew that God was the ultimate cause
3) They both faced a spiritual crossroad but responded differently

Front 45

What are the five reasons it is so important to view yourself and other people biblically?

Back 45

1) How you view something will determine how you treat something.
2) If you believe the problem is what happened to you in the past then you must get re-parented.
3) You must have a way to remove the past from your mind.
4) If you believe the biggest problem is the person doing something to you then you need to get out of the relationship.
5) We need to start with a biblical view of my heart and the heart of the person being counseled.

Front 46

What are the synonyms for thorn bushes and fruit trees?

Back 46

1) Fool vs. wise
2) Ungodly vs. Godly
3) Flesh vs. Spirit

Front 47

Unbelievers are _______ thorn bushes, with no good roots or fruit in God's eyes.

Back 47

100%

Front 48

Because of this, lies the need for _______________.

Back 48

Regeneration or new birth

Front 49

Believers are _______ trees, with mixed aspects of both good and bad roots and fruits. The entire model pictures the Christian.

Back 49

Hybrid

Front 50

Because of this lies the need for ___________.

Back 50

progressive sanctification

Front 51

The biblical concept of the heart involves what?

Back 51

beliefs and motives

Front 52

What can we conclude about root and fruit?

Back 52

There is an inseparable connection between your root and fruit.

Front 53

The Bible speaks powerfully about human motivation. Ultimately, everyone is driven and ruled either by ______ or by someone or something else.

Back 53

God

Front 54

What is the first way that the Bible describes sinful heart motives?

Back 54

Idols; false gods

Front 55

What is the second way that the Bible describes sinful heart motives?

Back 55

ruling desires; wants; pleasures; cravings; lusts

Front 56

What is the third way that the Bible describes sinful heart motives?

Back 56

masters; rulers; what we serve or obey

Front 57

What is the fourth way that the Bible describes sinful heart motives?

Back 57

treasures; riches

Front 58

What is the fifth way the Bible describes sinful heart motives?

Back 58

Good or bad trees with good or bad fruit

Front 59

What is the sixth way the Bible describes sinful heart motives?

Back 59

What/whom we love

Front 60

What is the seventh way the Bible describes sinful heart motives?

Back 60

Expectations; in what/whom we hope

Front 61

What is the eighth way the Bible describes sinful heart motives?

Back 61

In what/whom we trust or depend

Front 62

What is the ninth way the Bible describes sinful heart motives?

Back 62

What/whom we fear

Front 63

What is the tenth way the Bible describes sinful heart motives?

Back 63

Foundations; on what/whom we build our life

Front 64

What is the eleventh way the Bible describes sinful heart motives?

Back 64

What/whom we hallow

Front 65

What are the five lessons we learn about idols of the heart?

Back 65

1) Idolatry is a problem for everyone, even “religious” people
2) Idolatry is rooted in our hearts
3) Our idols exert an inescapable, ruling influence on us
4) Change and growth must occur at the heart level
5) Change and growth involves turning from idols to the Lord

Front 66

What are the four passages that refer to a metaphorical use with idolatry?

Back 66

1) 1 John 5:21
2) Romans 1:18-32
3) Ephesians 5:5
4) Philippians 3:19

Front 67

Heart Idols Summary #1: Heart idols are the _______ gods we erect in our hearts that compete with the true and living God.

Back 67

false

Front 68

2) We choose to obey them and trust them to bring us the ________ we want.

Back 68

blessings

Front 69

3) In turn, they rule us and drive us and destroy us. We are both willful choosers and helpless ________.

Back 69

slaves

Front 70

Based on James 1:13-15 what must we not do about our sin?

Back 70

You must not blame God for your sin

Front 71

What are the two facts about God?

Back 71

1) God cannot be tempted to sin
2) God does not tempt anyone to sin

Front 72

What are six ways that we ultimately blame God?

Back 72

1) Blame others around us.
2) Blame Satan
3) Blame society
4) Blame others before us (past, childhood)
5) Blame circumstances (past or present)
6) Blame physiology (e.g., temperament, personality)

Front 73

What are the three reasons we as a culture blameshift?

Back 73

1) We are meaning makers or interpreters.
2) Therefore, when we see evil occurring we must come up with a theory to explain why evil exists.
3) Unless we adopt the Bible’s answer, which is sin, then we must come up with some explanation for why people do wrong things.

Front 74

Who must I blame for my sin?

Back 74

You must blame your own desires for your sin

Front 75

Realize the _______ of your sin

Back 75

source

Front 76

Realize the ________ of your sin

Back 76

course

Front 77

What is the focus of James 4:1-3?

Back 77

The cause of the sinful behavior

Front 78

What is the cause of such sinful behavior?

Back 78

Our sinful desires

Front 79

What does God offer as the answer to the problem of our sinful desires?

Back 79

his grace

Front 80

What does God call you to do with those sinful desires in light of his grace?

Back 80

repent

Front 81

What are the two answers to the question, "When is a desire sinful?"

Back 81

1) When you desire a forbidden object
2) When you desire a good object too much or for selfish reasons

Front 82

What does 2 Peter 1:3 tell us about need?

Back 82

Everything I need to live a life pleasing to God I’ve already been given

Front 83

What does Luke 10 tell us about need?

Back 83

Have an allegiance or focus on Jesus as the one true thing that I need

Front 84

What does Psalm 73 tell us about need?

Back 84

God is my only desire

Front 85

What are the three questions to answer about need?

Back 85

1) Need in order to what?
2) More accurately substitute "desire" or "want"?
3) Something I need to get, or need to give?

Front 86

When you are angry, depressed, afraid, anxious, etc, what should I ask myself?

Back 86

What is it right now that I am wanting so badly but not getting?

Front 87

What is the core verse of the throne diagram?

Back 87

Philippians 4:11-13

Front 88

What do the letters represent in the throne diagram?

Back 88

Many desires all of us have

Front 89

What does the throne represent in the throne diagram?

Back 89

What's on the throne that shouldn't be there

Front 90

What do the stairs represent in the throne diagram?

Back 90

Desires can build up to being seated on the throne

Front 91

What are the four things meant by a person's situation?

Back 91

1) Your world, circumstances, pressures, blessings, sufferings, trials, temptations, provocations, etc.
2) Includes both the good (dew) things and bad (heat) things that happen to you.
3) Includes past, present, and future
4) All these come ultimately from the hand of a sovereign God

Front 92

What is the first point under God's ultimate purpose in your situational trials?

Back 92

1) is committed to your highest good

Front 93

What is God's highest good for you?

Back 93

To be conformed to the image of his Son

Front 94

What are the seven E's that God uses trial/hardships to make you more like Jesus?

Back 94

1) To Enhance your relationship with God
2) To Experience a measure of Christ’s sufferings
3) To Expose your remaining sin (Deut 8:1-3; John 15).
4) To Exhibit Christ’s work in you to others (Matt 5:13-16).
5) To Extend your fellowship with other Christians (Rom 12:15; 1 Cor 12:14-26).
6) To Equip you for wiser, more compassionate ministry (2 Cor 1:3-4).
7) To Excite your desire for heaven

Front 95

What are the four things that will help us amid situational heat from 1 Corinthians 10:13?

Back 95

1) You will face difficult trials and temptations in your life {John 16:33; Jas 1:2}
2) Your trials/temptations are not unique to you
3) Your sovereign, faithful, mighty God assures you that by his grace these trials/ temptations will not be too difficult for you {Gen 39; 1 Cor 1:8-9; Isa 41:10; 2 Tim 4:16-17; Heb 4:16}.
4) Your God always provides a pathway through which you can escape sin and please him in the midst of these trials/temptations {2 Cor 5:9}

Front 96

What are the two general life hardships?

Back 96

1) Life pressures
2) Loss and Grief

Front 97

What are the three passages that are examples of life pressures?

Back 97

1) Numbers 11-25
2) Deuteronomy 8:1-6
3) 1 Corinthians 10:1-14

Front 98

What is Deuteronomy 8:1-6 a summary of?

Back 98

how God felt about the 40-years that Israel spent in the desert.

Front 99

How did Jesus respond to demanding people in John's Gospel?

Back 99

He had a specific purpose and direction.

Front 100

What were Jesus' various responses to demanding people?

Back 100

1) No in John 6
2) Not now in John 7 and 11
3) Yes, but in John 2

Front 101

What are the scriptural examples of loss in grief in David's life?

Back 101

1) 1 Samuel 30:6
2) 2 Samuel 12:15-24
3) 2 Samuel 18:28-19:7

Front 102

What are the two texts where David's response is godly?

Back 102

1) 1 Samuel 30:6
2) 2 Samuel 12:15-24

Front 103

What is the example that is an ungodly response?

Back 103

2 Samuel 18:28-19:7

Front 104

What are the four stages David experience in loss?

Back 104

1) Tragedy strikes
2) Heart wrenching grief (they cried till there was no more tears left)
3) Strength in the Lord
4) He moves forward and carries out the ministry he has been assigned

Front 105

What are the three observations from these passages about grief?

Back 105

1) "Stages" of grief are not inevitable or necessarily godly
2) Godly grief may be less complicated and bring closure
3) Ungodly grief may be complicated by guilt, bitterness, depression

Front 106

What are the five types of models that most popular psychologies use some form of?

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1) Victim
2) Abuse
3) Unmet needs
4) Depravation
5) Trauma

Front 107

What is the point of the teeter-totter model?

Back 107

The debt that Christ paid on the cross is far grater than the debt that is owed you by another

Front 108

What is the key biblical passage for this model?

Back 108

Matthew 18:21-35

Front 109

What are the five points to this model?

Back 109

1) Jesus was severely sinned against
2) Yet, Jesus did not respond sinfully
3) Instead, Jesus trusted God
4) And Jesus bore good fruit
5) Jesus is our model

Front 110

What are the two verses for the two reality rejection chart?

Back 110

1) Psalm 27:10
2) John 16:32

Front 111

What is the seen reality of Psalm 27:10?

Back 111

Father and mother forsake

Front 112

What is the unseen reality of Psalm 27:10?

Back 112

The Lord will receive

Front 113

What is the seen reality of John 16:32?

Back 113

Closest friends leave me.

Front 114

What is the unseen reality of John 16:32?

Back 114

Someone more important than his friends is with him. Therefore I am not alone. My identity is that I am not alone.

Front 115

What is the medical model?

Back 115

The philosophical view that presupposes that all behavioral and/or psychological problems arise from bad molecules.

Front 116

What does 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 tell us about our body?

Back 116

Our outer man is wasting away

Front 117

Why don't we need to despair?

Back 117

Physical problems do tempt us but they do not cause us

Front 118

What are our three pieces of hope?

Back 118

1) Christ can manifest his light in you
2) We will experience bodily resurrection
3) Your inner man can be renewed and strengthened by God's grace

Front 119

What are the five things 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 tells us about Paul's thorn in the flesh?

Back 119

1) Likely a true physical problem. vv. 5,9; Gal. 4:13
2) Paul ascribes its origin to both God and Satan (vv. 7-8; as Job 1-2)
3) The thorn is a temptation, a stumbling block, and a provocation to sin
4) Yet the thorn does not cause Paul to sin
5) Instead, God uses it to promote godly fruit (vv. 7a, 8, 9-10)

Front 120

What is PMS not?

Back 120

a disease

Front 121

Yet true physiological ___________ occur.

Back 121

changes

Front 122

What can't PMS cause?

Back 122

sin

Front 123

What can't PMS prevent?

Back 123

faith and obedience

Front 124

What does help for PMS invovle?

Back 124

A combination of medical and biblical counsel

Front 125

What are the four common examples of false counsel?

Back 125

1) Physical beauty
2) Success
3) Legalistic morality
4) Teenage rebellion

Front 126

What are three scripture references that explain why physical beauty is false counsel?

Back 126

1) Proverbs 31:30
2) 1 Peter 3:1-4
3) 1 Samuel 16:7

Front 127

What does Christian legalism look like?

Back 127

Whenever something other than God's law has control of your life.

Front 128

What are four principles for parents about their child?

Back 128

1) You are not ultimately responsible for his spiritual condition
2) His spiritual condition is ultimately an issue between him and God
3) You are ultimately responsible to God for your parenting activity
4) Your parental godliness or ungodliness will influence him

Front 129

What does Dr. Jones believe is meant by spiritual warfare?

Back 129

The war in my heart or flesh vs. spirit. Evil desires warring against my soul.

Front 130

What are the four methods of Satan?

Back 130

1) Persecution
2) Affliction
3) Lies and Deceit
4) Accusation

Front 131

What is Satan's purpose?

Back 131

To tempt us to sin and ruin us once we do.

Front 132

What are three principles for fighting Satan?

Back 132

1) You must trust in Christ and his victory over Satan
2) You must rest in and rely upon your new birth and the Holy Spirit within you as your security and source of power
3) You must resist Satan through faith, repentance, and obedience.

Front 133

What are the four implications for your Christian growth and ministry based on "good things"?

Back 133

1) A good life carries its own temptation to sin
2) Understanding this category leads to a full-orbed biblical ministry vision.
3) Pay attention to what makes you (and those to whom you minister) happy or what you view as your highest good (Luke 10:20; Ps 73:23-28)
4) Improving your situation will not change your heart or remove the bad fruit. In fact, it may merely make your idols functional, and may actually precipitate different bad fruit.

Front 134

What are the six things in the conclusion to section 3?

Back 134

1) Pay close attention to your situation (recall 5 reasons earlier).
2) Observe both the heat and the dew.
3) Do this through careful interviewing and data gathering
4) Respond in Christlike ways to your heat and dew, and the heat and dew of those to whom you minister.
5) Always remember: Your situation is influential not determinative; significant not causative.
6) Recognize God's sovereignty over your situation.

Front 135

What are God's five provisions in Christ for godly change?

Back 135

1) The Bible
2) God's Ordinances (or Sacraments)
3) God's People
4) Christian "Culture" Resources
5) God's Creation and Providence

Front 136

What does the Bible bring?

Back 136

Change

Front 137

What three reasons are given for the Bible being the voice of God's Spirit and the Spirits tool to change us?

Back 137

1) The Holy Spirit wrote the Bible.
2) The Holy Spirit illumines the Bible.
3) The Holy Spirit empowers us to believe and obey the Bible.

Front 138

The Bible contains more ___________ material than command material

Back 138

motivational

Front 139

What are the two lessons we learn from genealogy lists?

Back 139

1) God is faithful
2) God saves specific individuals

Front 140

If we cut out all the commands from our Bibles, what would remain?

Back 140

The bulk of your Bible would remain.

Front 141

What four things does the Bible reveal?

Back 141

1) Who God is and what God does
2) Who you are in Christ
3) Who our friends and enemies are and what they do
4) What God promises

Front 142

What three things does the Bible reveal about God?

Back 142

1) God's names
2) God's attributes
3) God's actions

Front 143

What is the indicative-imperative dynamic in Scripture?

Back 143

Indicative = Fact = What God has done, is doing, or will do.

Imperative = Command = What God wants me to be and do

Front 144

What are biblical examples of the indicative-imperative dynamic?

Back 144

Ephesians 1-3 & 4-6
Exodus 20:1-2 & 20:3
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
Colossians 3:1-17

Front 145

What is the identity we have in Christ?

Back 145

We are chosen, holy, loved, and forgiven

Front 146

What are the implications of who I am in Christ?

Back 146

We should bear with each other, forgive each other, and love each other

Front 147

What is your fundamental identity in?

Back 147

Christ

Front 148

Christian water baptism is also called _________

Back 148

The Initiating Rite

Front 149

With baptism, what are the two ways we reflect on the symbolic meaning and significance of this rite?

Back 149

Our participation in the saving realities of the Gospel: Union with Jesus, removal of pollution, new life, forgiveness of sins, reception of blessings, etc.

Front 150

The Lord's Supper is also called ____________

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The Sustaining Rite

Front 151

With the Lord's Supper, what three things do we reflect on?

Back 151

1) Past: remembering the sinbearing death of Jesus for you
2) Present: Communing with Jesus himself
3) Future: Anticipating the coming feast with Jesus and his redeemed people

Front 152

How do we celebrate the Lord's Supper?

Back 152

Together with other believers in the church

Front 153

What four ways do God's people minister God's life-changing grace to us?

Back 153

1) By their words
2) By their example
3) By their deeds
4) By their prayers

Front 154

Music, hymns, and songs demonstrate the importance of worship as a means of Christian _________.

Back 154

growth

Front 155

What two of the three tree model to hymns tend to emphasize?

Back 155

Heat and common grace

Front 156

What are examples of historic creeds, catechisms, and confessions that qualify as Christian resources?

Back 156

1) Heidelberg Catechism
2) Episcopal Prayer Book
3) Prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi

Front 157

What are four principles for Godly change?

Back 157

1) Godly change is God's work
2) Godly change involves the believer actively responding in faith and obedience to God's work.
3) Godly change is a process of progressive sanctification
4) Godly change occurs in the context of God's grace and promises

Front 158

How do you progressively move from "thornbush" living to "fruit tree" living?

Back 158

1) Repent (Own up! Forsake! Turn!)
2) Believe (Look up! Faith! Trust!)
3) Obey (Grow up! Fruit! Take off!)

Front 159

I can and must repent of my ____________ sins and my _________ sins.

Back 159

1) behavioral
2) heart

Front 160

What are behavioral sins?

Back 160

words and actions

Front 161

What are heart sins?

Back 161

beliefs and motives

Front 162

What is the key passage for repentance?

Back 162

James 3:13-4:12

Front 163

What are the six vital ingredients in Godly repentance?

Back 163

1) I have sinned first and foremost against God himself, and against his law and his grace
2) My sin is a serious matter in both its essence and its consequences
3) I am fully responsible for my sin. Therefore, I cannot and must not blame anything or anyone else. My situation did not cause me to sin.
4) I experience grief and sorrow over my sin.
5) I admit my specific sins
6) I desire to change my ways and I seek to forsake this sin.

Front 164

I can and must cling to God himself and to his promises of forgiveness, wisdom, and _________ in my situation

Back 164

power

Front 165

What is the key passage?

Back 165

Isaiah 41:8-10

Front 166

What two things does God guarantee in this passage?

Back 166

1) His presence
2) His power

Front 167

What are some facts and promises related to my past that I must believe about God and Me?

Back 167

1) Election
2) Atonement
3) Calling
4) Justification
5) Definitive/Positional Sanctification
6) Reconciliation
7) Adoption

Front 168

What are some facts and promises related to the present that I must believe about God and Me?

Back 168

1) Ongoing forgiveness, mercy
2) Ongoing wisdom and strength

Front 169

What are some facts and promises related to the future that I must believe about God and Me?

Back 169

1) Perfect Heart
2) Perfect Body
3) Perfect Place

Front 170

I can and must ______ God and others by putting _____ sin and putting ____ righteousness in specific ways.

Back 170

1) Love
2) Off
3) On

Front 171

What are the dozen pieces of good fruit?

Back 171

1) Skill in biblical self-examination and self-counseling.
2) Ability to humbly seek for help.
3) Godly ways to feel and to express pain, grief, and other emotions
4) Speaking in wise and beneficial ways.
5) Asking for forgiveness (beyond merely "apologizing")
6) Recognizing two dimensions of forgiveness
7) Game plan to demonstrate wise, persevering love toward unrepentant offenders
8) Endurance, patience, longsuffering
9) Loving confrontation and rebuke; active efforts to make peace, not settle for truce or appeasement
10) Setting limits on evil
11) Identifying God's ministry callings for your life, establishing priorities, and managing your time as a wise steward.
12) Ministering to others.

Front 172

What are the six specific categories of situational heat and dew?

Back 172

1) General life hardships
2) Being sinned against by others
3) Bodily problems (illness, injury, birth defects, physical disabilities, etc.)
4) False Counsel
5) Satan
6) Good things

Front 173

What is Psalm 27:10?

Back 173

For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in.

Front 174

What is Luke 10:20?

Back 174

Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

Front 175

What is James 4:1?

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What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?

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What is 1 Corinthians 10:13?

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No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

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What are MacArthur's 7 I's?

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1) Developing Involvement
2) Instilling Hope
3) Taking Inventory
4) Interpreting Data
5) Providing Biblical Instruction
6) Inducing Counselees to Change
7) Implementing Biblical Instruction

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What is developing involvement?

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developing a helping relationship with the counselee that is marked by compassion, respect, and sincerity.

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What is instilling hope?

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Instilling a solidly based biblical hope in the counselee that helps them to discern between true hope and false hope.

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What is taking inventory?

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Gathering data in at least six areas: physical state, resources, emotions, actions, concepts, and historical background.

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What is interpreting data?

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Accurately analyzing or conceptualizing the data and explaining it to the counselee.

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What is providing biblical instruction?

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All information given to the counselee to help them change should proceed from Scripture.

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What is inducing change?

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Motivating counselees to make biblical decisions conducive to change.

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What is implementing biblical instruction?

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The process of actualizing biblical instruction and making it permanent in the lives of counselees.