Sermon Tone Analysis
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HOMEWORK
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
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A Not just talk, but biblical action!
B From the first session
1 Expect the counselee to do something beginning at the very first session
2 This establishes a pattern for the remaining counseling sessions
C Begin with small, single stranded problems
1 For early success
2 To establish principles and practices more clearly
3 To encourage others
4 To make more visible
5 Great changes in attitudes can come from small changes in action
1 HOMEWORK SETS A PATTERN OF EXPECTATION OF CHANGE
Not just talk, but biblical action!
From the first session
B From the first session
1 Expect the counselee to do something beginning at the very first session
Expect the counselee to do something beginning at the very first session
This establishes a pattern for the remaining counseling sessions
2 This establishes a pattern for the remaining counseling sessions
Begin with small, single stranded problems
C Begin with small, single stranded problems
1 For early success
For early success
2 To establish principles and practices more clearly
To establish principles and practices more clearly
3 To encourage others
To encourage others
4 To make more visible
To make more visible
5 Great changes in attitudes can come from small changes in action
Great changes in attitudes can come from small changes in action
2 HOMEWORK HELPS DETERMINE WHO MEANS BUSINESS
Jesus did this, .
A Jesus did this, .
It exposes the “professional counselee”
B It exposes the “professional counselee”
3 WRITTEN HOMEWORK MAKES EXPECTATIONS CLEAR
Counselees are often excited and
A Counselees are often excited and
Miss points
1 Miss points
Misconstrue assignments
2 Misconstrue assignments
Keeps down arguments
B Keeps down arguments
Even so, explain and get counselee to but in his own words
C Even so, explain and get counselee to but in his own words
The homework becomes a counselor at home between sessions
D The homework becomes a counselor at home between sessions
4 HOMEWORK ENABLES COUNSELLING TO MOVE RAPIDLY
Real change should be happening by the sixth week
B Freud said counseling may take a long time—not guarantees
Freud said counseling may take a long time—not guarantees
Biblical counseling is known for giving help quickly
C Biblical counseling is known for giving help quickly
D It is homework that speeds the process
It is homework that speeds the process
The counseling session is not the “magic hour”
1 The counseling session is not the “magic hour”
The counselee continues to work throughout the week
2 The counselee continues to work throughout the week
Change takes place in the milieu of his life, not in a counseling room
3 Change takes place in the milieu of his life, not in a counseling room
5 HOMEWORK BRINGS PATTERS TO THE SURFACE
E.g. the conference table (which will be explained in a later course)
A E.g. the conference table (which will be explained in a later course)
Try to avoid “canned” homework (one size fits all)
B Try to avoid “canned” homework (one size fits all)
6 HOMEWORK BECOMES THE CRITERION
For judging progress
A For judging progress
For both the counselor and counselee
B For both the counselor and counselee
Also, whether or not the initial data was true
C Also, whether or not the initial data was true
It also shows how much should be given at one time
D It also shows how much should be given at one time
Homework often uncovers other problems that would not have been discovered otherwise
E Homework often uncovers other problems that would not have been discovered otherwise
Complicating problems are often revealed
F Complicating problems are often revealed
7 NEVER FAIL TO GIVE HOMEWORK
GODLINESS THROUGH DISCIPLINE
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
1 Tim 4:7-8
We all know people who are godly, people who instinctively live in a way that pleases God and is pleasing to others.
Do these people have abilities that others do not have?
Are they more genetically inclined to flourish in the Christian environment than others?
How do they get that way?
1 DISCIPLINE IS THE KEY TO GODLINESS
These people did not become godly all at once
1 Not instantly—it took time
Not instantly—it took time
Not easily—it took effort
2 Not easily—it took effort
Godliness has a price
B Godliness has a price
1 That price is discipline
That price is discipline
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