The Struggle Against Evil and Temptation
Individuals seeking deliverance often struggle with:
- Persistent Sinful Habits: These may include addictions, habitual lying, sexual immorality, and other behaviors that individuals find difficult to break on their own.
- Demonic Influences: Some may experience oppression that they believe stems from demonic forces, affecting their emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being.
- Worldly Temptations: The lure of materialism, the pursuit of power, and the distractions of modern life can lead to spiritual lethargy or despair.
Scriptural Foundations for Deliverance
The Bible offers powerful insights and directives for overcoming spiritual battles and temptations. James 4:7 advises, “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” This verse highlights the importance of submission to God as a strategy for spiritual warfare, ensuring that resistance against the devil is effective.
Ephesians 6:11-12 provides further guidance, “Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” These verses remind us that our true enemy is not of this world, and they instruct believers to equip themselves spiritually to face these challenges.
What Is Christian Counseling?
- Christian counseling is confidential, Bible-based counseling by one trained and experienced in both pastoral and counseling ministry.
- Christian counseling is not designed to treat severe mental illness. We do not perform psychiatric or psychological evaluations, nor prescribe medication.
- The Christian counselor uses prayer and scripture to welcome God’s presence in the healing process.
- A typical counseling session lasts one to two hours. After the first meeting, the counselor will make recommendations for follow-up appointments, growth assignments, Christian spiritual practices of grace, and participation in other support ministries, well as a fellowship with a local corporate or house church, or small group ministry.