BIBLICAL COUNSELING: Providing Hope and Help for Hurting Families
BY DR. JOSH MULVIHILL
M UNFORTUNATELY,
inistry to families is more than training and resources; it must include the provision of hope and help to hurting families through care and counseling. God designed the family to be the source of our deepest loves, our most beloved relationships, and to provide care for the needs of its members. In a perfect world, we should associate the family with feelings of joy, the thought of home should bring to mind wonderful memories, and it should function as God designed it. Unfortunately, for a growing number of people, the family is a place of brokenness, pain, hurt, divorce, abuse, betrayal, and conflict. This is real family ministry, and we need to be prepared to provide hope in Christ and help from God’ s Word.
FOR A GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE,
THE FAMILY IS A PLACE OF
BROKENNESS, PAIN, HURT, DIVORCE, ABUSE, BETRAYAL, AND CONFLICT.
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