Darlene Davis
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The Holy Spirit guidance and direction. Having a vision, listening closely and expectantly, asking questions and thinking reflectively.
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It has been so-real. An eye-opener. I am learning my short comings, my faults and failures. It causes me to do more introspection; more questioning about what is going on inside of me. What my motives are. It also helps me to realize I am more dependent on God and not myself in terms of my soul.
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Philippians 4:13 (NKJV) I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me; 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV) All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. We have short comings, when we come to Christ, we are His not our own 1 Corinthians 6:20 (KJV) as it says for, we are bought with a price…
God knows (the Creator of life/man) who we are at the center of our being; whether we deny it, hide it, or cover it. When we align with God’s Will, especially in the areas of soul care we have to acknowledge our inadequacies so God can rule and not us. We humbly ask Him for guidance, direction, manifestation, wisdom, knowledge, understanding and discernment in relation to soul care.
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Darlene Davis
Member12/10/2023 at 22:25 in reply to: Many people assume that learning the theory and skills of SoulCare is all that is needed to become an effective counselor. Dr. Crabb begins with a very different assumption, that discerning the passions that rule within you as a SoulCarer is essential. What do you perceive to be the dangers of ignoring this assumption? Illustrate your reasoning with examples from your own life or create a scenario that illustrates it.It starts with understanding what’s deep inside you. This cannot be ignored. What’s inside you reflects what comes out of you. How can you hear God for someone else; how can you be able to give soul care without self-introspection, it’s on-going, it’s necessary. What we question about what is on the inside of us, how do we come to learn what we need, what we have on the inside, what we fall short of, what we question, what are those inadequacies, fears…etc.
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Darlene Davis
Member12/10/2023 at 22:03 in reply to: Dr. Crabb states that if you adopt the vision/goal stated above, “you will give up depending on your own competence. You will give up the pressure of having to make it happen, because you will know that you are out of your league.” How will knowing and believing this change the way you approach SoulCare?Because you then turn toward wanting how God would want to focus your care on thinking outside the box. An appetite toward God (within how you care for the souls of others/and also provoking a consuming experience of God). You can be redirected to care for the soul of others; how God cares for our souls.