Therapy within the church—Are we seeking godly counsel? - Encore

Fearless with Cissie Graham Lynch

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever had someone tell you that you should see a therapist? It seems today, there is an overwhelming reliance on therapists both inside and outside of the church. As Christians, are we seeking godly counsel when we face trials, or are we looking for worldly solutions?

Today, I’m wrapping up my summer encore episodes with a re-release of my discussion with my friends, and founders of Home Improvement Ministries, Drs. Paul and Virginia Friesen. They joined me to talk about the seasons in life where we need to seek godly counsel to help us navigate through the trauma and challenges of life, and how to identify when we need to seek that counsel.

It’s important to have Christ-centered resources when you need them. If this is an episode you've already heard, share this episode with some friends that maybe you've been having this discussion with, to help have those hard discussions that the church is neglecting.

For more resources and additional episodes visit cissiegrahamlynch.com.

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0:00.0	Proverbs 910 says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and we need to have a healthy view of what fearing the Lord is and
0:08.8	Fearless is a word that we use here on the podcast all the time. My podcast is named Fearless. It's a word that's so important to me, but it can have different meanings and different stages of life and different connotations, but we are of course are living in a hostile culture that's an increasingly hostile to
0:26.2	biblical truth of course and I wrote a fearless family devotional for those that didn't know. And it's a study on First Peter.
0:34.0	It's only 14 days long,
0:36.0	but it's to help equip you to spend daily time in God's word
0:39.0	and to help you prepare your family
0:41.0	to have a fearless faith. And Peter of course he wrote this
0:44.7	short letter to believers who were living in turbulent times just like we are
0:49.0	today and I will put a link in the show notes of how you can get your own copy but it's also on my website
0:55.2	sissy gram linch.com.
0:57.0	Welcome back to another episode of Fearless. Summer is unfortunately almost over, but today we're
1:07.9	going to continue and revisit one more episode from the Elephant in the Room series, and that
1:12.0	is therapy within the church, and are we seeking godly counsel.
1:15.6	And in this episode I just want to encourage those that when you need help navigating through a trial or a trauma in life to make sure you are finding godly counsel inside therapy.
1:27.6	There's definitely times that we need it, but we also need to have end goals.
1:31.4	If this is an episode you've already heard, share this
1:33.8	episode with some friends that maybe you've been having this discussion with
1:36.7	to help have those hard discussions that the church is neglecting.
1:41.3	Hi, I'm Cissy Graham Lynch. Welcome to Fearless, helping you have a fearless faith in a
1:48.1	compromising culture. I want to be feeling.
2:08.0	Welcome to another episode of Fearless. Today's episode is going to be the last one of the elephant in the room series. And if you've missed some of those series where we've talked
2:12.1	about alcohol inside the church,
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