There is no quality control to ensure that every person who received the training can administer it in the field. It’s a tragic mistake because we can tick the box, saying,
“We have provided [this training] in the year of our Lord, 2023,” and feel satisfied, even thinking, “Our counselors are equipped.” That is how the American education system works:
“Let’s give them the information and assume, post-graduation from high school, they will excel because they passed all their exams.” Most of them won’t succeed because proper training does not work that way. https://lifeovercoffee.com/why-our-ministry-is-different-from-other-counseling-ministries/
The shocking and inspiring story of Sophie Ottaway.
Watch the full interview here: https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-490-sophie-ottaway-engineered-at-birth-to-be-a-girl/
Focus on the Cause, not the Effect, so you can remove the cause and not be affected by the effect.
A local church’s worship value is not primarily about the music but the lifestyle because you never ask, “Are you worshiping?” The reason is that we worship all the time. God made us for worship—wired us for worship, you could say.
Worship is part of what it means to be image-bearers. Who could do otherwise? The better question is, “What or whom do we worship?” https://lifeovercoffee.com/three-characteristics-of-a-fantastic-local-church/
Whenever a person chooses sinful anger, he is, in effect, giving the other person control over him. It’s counterintuitive. In his anger, he is like a marionette, a puppet on a string.
Anger toward someone is the total submission of their thoughts, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors to the other person. It is not self-control, as governed by the Spirit of God, but someone out of control or under the control of another spirit. https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-110-help-for-the-angry-person/
