Theophostic Prayer Ministry Why it is Unique
In this prayer minister model, the minister does Life Wisdom Matrix Review not seek to give advice, diagnose, provide insight, or give direction. So often, Christian counselors inadvertently move people toward victim thinking in seeking to solve their problems for them, or even get a word of the Lord for them. People are happy for you to solve their problems for them, but this brings little lasting fruit and may lead to ego on the part of the minister. Any form of ministry that places the minister as a person's "source" is moving toward dangerous ground. People are really quite capable of hearing from the Lord themselves with a little support.
The Theophostic model encourages people into discovery. The minister does not take on the responsibility at any level to resolve a person's problems, issues, or pain in life. His role is to encourage people to "own" their own emotional pain, take responsibility for their own thinking, not blame other people or circumstances for their emotional reactions, and move forward toward God's resolution.
In one case, Joe (not his real name) wanted help with a fifty-year habit of biting his nails. He had unsuccessfully sought freedom many times. At one point in the session he said, "The first thing that popped into my head was a memory involving the first time my step-uncle had molested me almost fifty years ago. All I could feel was anger. It was based on the realization that this was the first time I had been introduced to pornography and the thoughts of the struggle I had with it for many years as a direct result."