In this episode we discuss...

• our five points on planning your first counseling session.
  1. Have the counselee complete a PDI: Personal Data Inventory.
     • Necessary basic contact info.
     • Medical history.
     • Religious, Church, and faith background: Is this person a Christian?
     • Basic issues and the counselee’s expectations.
  2. Set expectations.
     • We are going to use the Bible
       • Our highest authority
       • 2 Timothy 3:16-17
     • Commit to attending counseling AND Church.
       • There will be homework!
       • Scripture memorization, church attendance and taking notes, prayer, etc…
       • Wayne Mack Resources
  3. Explain confidentiality.
     • Our meetings are confidential with the exception of:
       • Your Safety or someone else’s is threatened.
       • Mandated reporter.
       • Elder need-to-know.
  4. Listen Intently.
     • Ask good questions.
  5. Give them hope!
     • They are not in this alone: Other Christians have overcome this same situation, God is faithful! He will not allow temptation to be more than you can stand! He will help you endure.
     • 1 Corinthians 10:13

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• Curious about rural places and rural churches? Read No Little Places: The Untapped Potential of the Small-Town Church.

Our Quote of the Day:

• "Truth carries with it confrontation. Truth demands confrontation: loving confrontation, but confrontation nevertheless. If our reflex action is always accommodation regardless of the centrality of the truth involved, there is something wrong.” Francis Schaeffer

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