Phase 1-3 Counseling Verses

Question 1

Absentee Parents

Answer 1

MARY AND JOSEPH with JESUS

Matthew 2: 13-14; 19-23 The Escape to Egypt 13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” 14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, The Return to Nazareth

19 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, 23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.

Question 2

Children’s need of belongingness

Answer 2

Jesus was feel belonged to the Father
Matt. 3:16-17 NLT 16 After his baptism, as Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and settling on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy.”

Question 3

Addiction

Answer 3

You are God’s Temple
1Cor. 6:19 NLT Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself,

Question 4

Adultery

Answer 4

They destroy themselves
Proverbs 6:32 But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

They will never know their purpose
Prov 2:19 The man who visits her is doomed. He will never reach the paths of life.

Question 5

Anger

Answer 5

Revenge
Rom. 12:17-19 NLT 17 ¶ Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. 18 Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone. 19 ¶ Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say, “I will take revenge; I will pay them back,” says the LORD.

Question 6

Bitterness

Answer 6

A poison
Acts 8:23 NKJV For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”

Forgiven by forgiveness
Eph. 4:31-32 NLT 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. 32 Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.

Question 7

Business Relationship

Answer 7

Never allow money to get in the way
of your relationship with your
brother

1 Peter 2:20
But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you
suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

Question 8

Business - God is our Provider

Answer 8

God is the source of all our finances

Heb 13:5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”

Question 9

Business - Greed

Answer 9

Be on guard against greed

Prov 28:22 A stingy man is eager to get rich and is unaware that poverty awaits him.

Question 10

Changing People

Answer 10

Only God can Change People
Phil. 1:6 NLT And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until
it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.

Question 11

FAILURE - God gives success

Answer 11

2Chr. 26:5 NLT

Uzziah sought God during the days of Zechariah, who taught him to fear God. And as long as the king sought guidance from the LORD, God gave him success.

Psa. 118:25 NIV

LORD, save us! LORD, grant us success!

Question 12

FEAR - Fear is the first emotion expressed by man, and the first emotion dealt with by the Cross of Christ

Answer 12

Gen. 3:9-10 NLT 9 Then the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?” 10 ¶ He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.”

1John 4:18 ¶ Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.

Question 13

GOSSIP - Do not slander, gossip or use words that do not edify

Answer 13

Prov. 10:18 NLT Hiding hatred makes you a liar; slandering others makes you a fool.

Eph. 4:29 NLT Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.

Question 14

MARRIAGE - Marry only a Christian

Answer 14

2 Cor 6:14-16

14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?

15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

Question 15

MONEY CRISIS - God is your master

Answer 15

Matt. 6:24 NLT “No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Question 16

PAST - Past events in our lives are irreversible. Why waste time and effort there.

Answer 16

Rom. 8:28 NLT And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.

Question 17

REBELLION - Only God can change a rebel’s heart

Answer 17

Jeremiah 33:8 I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against me.

Question 18

RECONCILIATION - Refusing to forgive or to be reconciled is to lose one’s life.

Answer 18

Heb. 7:25 NLT Therefore he is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf.

Question 19

REPENTANCE - True repentance is Godly sorrow

Answer 19

2 Cor 7:10 NLT For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death

Question 20

SALVATION

Answer 20

Family Salvation

1 Tim 2:3-5 NLT 3 This is good and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth. 5 For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus.

All men to be saved

1 Tim 2:1-5 1 I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Question 21

SEXUAL ABUSE

Answer 21

• God forever cleanses us even the past we can’t remember.

Heb. 7:25 NLT Therefore he is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf.

Question 22

SIN

Answer 22

Accountable for our own actions

Matt. 7:5 NLT Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.

Confess your sins to those you have wronged

James 5:16 NLT Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

Question 23

STEALING

Answer 23

Stealing is a sin

Ex 20:15 “You shall not steal.

Question 24

SUICIDE

Answer 24

They use suicide as an escape from consequences

Judg 9:52-54 52 Abimelech went to the tower and stormed it. But as he approached the entrance to the tower to set it on fire, 53 a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull. 54 Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can’t say, ‘A woman killed him.’” So his servant ran him through, and he died.

Question 25

TEMPTATION - It comes from a lack of self-control

Answer 25

James 1:13-14 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed.

Question 26

TRIALS

Answer 26

God will not allow believers to be tested or tempted beyond what they can bear

1Cor. 10:13 NLT The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.

Question 27

UNWANTED PREGNANCY

Answer 27

God knows your child

Jer 1:5 NLT “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart;

The child has nothing to do with the sin

Ps 139:13-16 13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, 16 your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.