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”

 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.

 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.

 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.

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.

 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.

 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 .

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

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 …

Therefore, don’t blame GOD for
 human sin and cruelty
 human weaknesses
 human crime against humanity
 human infidelity

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.

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

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.

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.

 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.

 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.

 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 …

AN ANONYMOUS FIRST STEP TOWARDS BEING LISTENED TO
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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!”

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