The Counseling program is first and foremost a group of people who have a deep commitment to serve Jesus Christ in every aspect of their lives. This requires an unrelenting adherence to the two primary commandments laid down by Christ in Matthew 22: 37-39:
- Love the Lord your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind
- Love your neighbor as yourself
The primary goal for the Counseling Program is to promote these two commandments, for within these words hinge all the successes which might be obtained in God's service. The Program has committed itself to these commandments; as a result, each day encourages growth toward becoming one body dedicated to achieving a unity of spirit that will allow the School to discern God's direction. Colossians 3:12-17 succinctly describes that perfect bond of unity which is earnestly sought:
"Put on then, as God's chosen
ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness,
meekness, and patience, forbearing one another and,
if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each
other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must
forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds
everything together in perfect harmony. And let the
peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed
you were called in the one body. And be thankful. Let
the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach
and admonish one another in all wisdom, and as you
sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness
in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word
or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through Him."
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