CounselingChristians

A: Yes, we are ministers in love: to discernment, judge righteously, pursue holiness, and that includes encouraging, admonishing, exhorting, and counseling our spouse by bringing up sin we notice, to help each other stay pursuing holiness and by iron shaped iron we help each other walk worthy of our calling, as we serve and love God, and one another. Here’s a carefully crafted, biblically grounded response with godly counsel & wisdom for helping a wife minister to her husband: Response: Yes, it is possible to feel conviction on behalf of your spouse, but it’s important to recognize the Spirit isn’t convicting you of sin; rather, He can use your sensitivity to see sin in your husband’s life as a call to love, exhort, and minister to him. Scripture calls spouses to lovingly shepherd one another toward holiness (Ephesians 5:25–27; 1 Peter 3:7). The Lord often gives believers a heart to intercede for their spouse and to speak truth in love. In your case, your concern about your husband...

Q: When my husband and I are in disagreement about something he will hurt me with his words. Yesterday he told me I am a fake Christian and not genuine since he can't recall me ever bringing anyone to Christ given how long I have been in relationship with Jesus (many years) and kind of scoffed about. He says I'm all show and not a real Christian. He even called me a faithless Godless heathen recently. It did make me second-guess my walk with Christ and wonder if I'm doing it right. I do love Jesus with all my heart and desire to walk with him until my last breath. I do try and model Christ-like behaviour as much as possible. Although I am a shy, anxious and awkward person at times, I don't hide my faith and I'm proudly Christian. Ultimately the goal is salvation and souls, and I do hope to help bring people to Jesus. I have a non-Christian friend mum who I pick up every Sunday for church and her two kids as she asked for a ride once and so I have been picking her up...