What is Biblical Counseling?

Biblical Counseling is the process where the Bible, God’s Word, is related individually to a person or persons who are struggling under the weight of personal sin and/or the difficulties with suffering, so that he or she might genuinely change in the inner person to be pleasing to God.

People might be tempted to think that only people who are in a crisis or who have massive spiritual or other problems go to counseling. Not so. Most people are like you and me that have daily struggles and are desiring to walk more closely with God through the midst of those struggles. I often tell people that biblical counseling is simply a discipling process where one believer comes alongside a person or a group of people to help them search the Bible for answers, encouragement, and hope.

We are divinely equipped and commanded to disciple one another. Matthew 28:19-20; 2 Peter 1:3; Romans 15:14; and Hebrews 10:24-25: “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” Surely the Day is approaching, ever more quickly. Are you where you want to be when Jesus returns?”