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SEEKING HELP
SEEKING HELP FROM CORRECT THEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING GOD'S WILL
Not everything that happens in our lives or in the world is GOD's will.
GOD does not always stop human decision to sin or human mistakes and failings which endanger themselves, others and the rest of creation.
Reminder: “Taking responsibility of our own life”
SEEKING HELP FROM CORRECT THEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING GOD'S WILL
Human beings are “made in the image of GOD” and one of the characteristic of GOD’s human creature is the capacity for freewill and
the responsibility which comes with it.
If GOD always over-rules human freewill, then there is in fact no freewill nor human decision which is independent of GOD’s will.
SEEKING HELP FROM CORRECT THEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING GOD'S WILL
if we have no freewill, then a human being cannot and will not be held responsible for what s/he does.
If GOD always prevent and stop all wrongful human decisions, then there would be no sin amongst human beings and in the human world.
SEEKING HELP FROM CORRECT THEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING GOD'S WILL
If we have no freewill, then we will be less than the human being GOD has created us for and to be; human beings will then be mere mechanical robots.
SEEKING HELP FROM CORRECT THEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING GOD'S WILL
ROMANS 8. 28 We know that in everything GOD works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.
Unlike His human creatures, GOD is omnipresent,
omniscient and omnipotent.
SEEKING HELP FROM CORRECT THEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING GOD'S WILL
ROMANS 8. 28 We know that in everything GOD works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.
Unlike his human creatures, GOD is omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent.
Therefore, although GOD does not always stop human decision to sin or human mistakes and failings, GOD’s own ultimate purposes
will not be thwarted but will be upheld.
SEEKING HELP FROM CORRECT THEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING GOD'S WILL
ROMANS 8. 28 We know that in everything GOD works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.
Unlike his human creatures, GOD is omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent.
Therefore, although GOD does not always stop human decision to sin or human mistakes and failings, GOD’s own ultimate purposes will not be thwarted but will be
upheld.
In the short-term human sin will have ill and undesirable effects but in GOD’s own scheme, GOD’s will ultimately always be fulfilled.
SEEKING HELP FROM CORRECT THEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING GOD'S WILL
NO it is not necessarily GOD’s Will that
children should die in Gaza and Israel because Hamas and Israel are at war
MH 370 and MH 17 should be brought down and
loved ones should be inconsolably bereaved and MAS aircrew should be demoralised and fearful
SEEKING HELP FROM CORRECT THEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING GOD'S WILL
NO it is not necessarily GOD’S Will that
relationships should fail
children are intentionally and knowingly abused by caregivers,
priests, pastors, teachers and parents or relatives
girls, boys and women are raped …
SEEKING HELP FROM CORRECT THEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING GOD'S WILL
Therefore, don’t blame GOD for
human sin and cruelty
human weaknesses
human crime against humanity
human infidelity
SEEKING HELP FROM CORRECT THEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING HUMAN WEAKNESS
ROMANS 8 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now; 23 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have
the first fruits of the spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what
we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
SEEKING HELP FROM CORRECT THEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING CHRIST’S SALVATION & DELIVERANCE
ROMANS 7 18 For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. 19 For I do not do the
good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin which dwells within me. 21
So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For I delight in the law of GOD, in my inmost self, 23 but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin which dwells in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who
will deliver me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to GOD through JESUS CHRIST our Lord!...
SEEKING HELP FROM SABBATH REST
UNDERSTANDING THE SABBATH
Genesis 2 1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day GOD finished his work which he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. 3 So GOD
blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it GOD rested from all his work which he had done in creation.
SEEKING HELP FROM SABBATH REST
APPLYING GOD’s SABBATH RULE
Sabbath rest is anything wholesome, restful and relaxing, replenishing our
body, mind and spirit:
entertainment
leisure and recreation
fellowship with friends
spending time with family
with grateful awareness of GOD’s Presence and Goodness.
SEEKING HELP FROM GOOD COMPANY
GOD PROVIDES US WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES
we can learn from
relax with
share things with
SEEKING HELP FROM WITHIN MYSELF
KEEPING COMPANY WITH MY OWN SELF
getting to know my own self
knowing how I myself think, feel, like
solving and resolving things within me
but always knowing that GOD is always present, never absent,
does not go missing on me.
SEEKING HELP FROM A TRAINED COUNSELLOR
A COUNSELLOR'S CODE
A counsellor is bound by the ethics of his/her profession to
receive requests for help from all quarters, creed, need or profession; a Jew or Palestinian; a terrorist or priest; a sex worker, ‘gay’ or ‘straight’
not have to be in agreement in creed or lifestyle preference of the counselee but receive anyone who is just a human in need who wishes to confide and
consult with a skilled listener
SEEKING HELP FROM A TRAINED COUNSELLOR
A COUNSELLOR'S CODE
A counsellor is bound by the ethics of his/her profession to
provide a trained listening ear to another human being in need
guarantee confidentiality to what s/he hears from the counselee and won't tell unless clearly requested to by the counsellor.
SEEKING HELP FROM A TRAINED COUNSELLOR
A COUNSELLOR'S OBJECTIVE
A counsellor does not tell you what you should do
A counsellor helps you to discover for yourself within yourself what you yourself should decide to do in given situations
because unless you can learn to be able to independently manage your life, you will be dependent on others through most if not all of your life.
SEEKING HELP FROM A TRAINED COUNSELLOR
A COUNSELLOR'S OBJECTIVE
A counsellor facilitates his/her counselee to protect him/herself from self-imposed harshness, exaggerated self-accusation
A counsellor facilitates his/her counselee to protect him/herself from other people’s exaggerated, overstated and overly-harsh description of him/her.
SEEKING HELP FROM A TRAINED COUNSELLOR
A COUNSELLOR'S OBJECTIVE
A major counselling objective is to help counselees subscribe to
a win-win mind set, because
marriages, families, workplaces and societies are under threat and siege from players who insist only in their own way and suppress the views, needs
and aspirations of others.
SEEKING HELP FROM A TRAINED COUNSELLOR
A COUNSELLOR'S OBJECTIVE
A counsellor protects a counselee from exaggerated, overly-harsh views/opinions/judgements and criticisms from parents, friends or foes
A counsellor protects a counselee from self-imposed harshness,
exaggerated self-accusations …
SEEKING HELP FROM A TRAINED COUNSELLOR
AN ANONYMOUS FIRST STEP TOWARDS BEING LISTENED TO
RECEIVING HELP FROM OUR HEAVENLY FATHER
THE BEST PAIR OF LISTENING EARS BELONG TO GOD
Prayer is our time alone with GOD
Prayer is the freedom to speak to GOD; to be yourself,
to feel as you feel before GOD (no need for pretence or play-acting)
Prayer is to touch base with GOD
Prayer is feeling and hearing GOD and being educated and healed by GOD.
RECEIVING HELP FROM OUR HEAVENLY FATHER
MATTHEW 7 7 "Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For every one who asks receives, and he who
seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or what man of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to
your children, how much more will your Father who is in Heaven give good things to those who ask Him!”