Counseling
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals David sits across from his counselor, frustrated and confused. “I’ve been working on this for months. I identified the core belief—’I’m not enough’—and I’ve been CHEWing on gospel truth, memorizing Scripture, reminding myself God loves me. But I still turn to pornography when…
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Focusing on God’s love not only heals, but actually produces superior discipline and sustained behavioral change—because His love restructures motivation and ability at the deepest, practical level. Moment of Honest Striving Here’s how it looks in real life: Driven by a desire to make…
The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. There have been moments when I pushed forward, driven to achieve—yet beneath the momentum, invisible wounds kept resurfacing. A sharp email, a broken promise, a mentor’s criticism. I told myself I could handle it, that high standards required “thick skin,” but certain conversations or setbacks…
Why This Matters—for Marriage and More When trouble or transition hits a marriage, family, or any area of life, it’s easy to wonder: “Who can truly help us move forward?” Some seek a counselor, others a coach, and still others turn to a consultant. But what makes each role unique—and how do you know which…
Why This Matters for You (and Those Around You) God meets us in every detail of our story—not just in our biggest breakthroughs but also our daily struggles. “The wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtains guidance.” (Proverbs 1:5) Whether you’re wrestling with a specific problem or eager to grow…
In our last post, we looked at a powerful tool for staying connected to Christ. But before we go into other options for how to stay connected to Christ throughout an entire day, you might be thinking, “Ryan, you have no idea how my sinful nature works. I can have all the right intentions to…
Notice that when we talk about the gospel, it is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is not the Gospel of __________ (insert your name). The Gospel is primarily about Him. The J.B. Phillips’ translation of Colossians 1:15-20 makes this clear. It reads, “Now Christ is the visible expression of the invisible God. He existed…
In our last post, we looked at why Christ is our first principle. If Christ is going to be our first principle, then we need to focus way more on Him than we do on overcoming our sins, loving our families, dreaming about success, or anything else. We are going to discuss several ways to…
Yesterday, we learned that all of us have good works that God has prepared in advance for us to do. God knit us together in our mothers’ wombs to accomplish these good works. There may be some good works that we can’t wait to do. However, what if we don’t want to do the good…
Christian counseling has exploded. Many counselors look to attach themselves to churches. Some churches maintain a list of referral sources. Some have even closed their list of referral sources since there were so many counselors looking to get on them. Being a counselor, I am biased as to how I would encourage churches to choose. …