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Restoration Counselings
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RestorationCounselings is a ministry to the poor,
neglected-widows,orphans, the outcasts like ex-convicts,drug-addicts,juvenile and just anyone who needs counseling based on the written Word of the LORD.
Christian Counseling - The Differences
As a general rule, both Christian counseling and secular counseling share the same desire to help people overcome their problems, find meaning and joy in life, and become healthy and well-adjusted individuals, both mentally and emotionally. Most counselors have graduate degrees and have spent years learning their craft.
The word "counseling" can have multiple meanings, including offering advice and encouragement, sharing wisdom and skills, setting goals, resolving conflict, etc. Counselors usually probe the past (whether the problem happened a week ago or during childhood) in an attempt to repair the present. Sometimes they explore possible affects of physical and chemical imbalances that can cause physiological problems. A major part of counseling is resolving and restoring conflicts between people.
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Christian Counseling - The Foundation
Christian counseling is distinct from secular counseling. Christian counseling rises to another dimension. "In contrast to psychologically-integrated systems, Biblical counseling seeks to carefully discover those areas in which a Christian may be disobedient to the principles and commands of Scripture and to help him learn how to lovingly submit to God's will," reports the International Association of Biblical Counselors.
Christian counselors are able to do that because they have an absolute standard by which to measure their objectives and evaluate their counselee's lifestyle. They see the Bible as the source of all truth. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 says, "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." The secular counselor has no such standard, but instead, they use the latest psychological findings or societal norm, both of which change with the winds of time. Therefore, a secular counselor has no absolutes with which to judge morals and the choices people make. Christian counselors understand that the Bible has a lot of practical wisdom about human nature, marriage and family, human suffering, and so much more. By using biblical concepts in counseling, they can instruct people in the way they should go and also hold them accountable. Psalm 119:24 says, "Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors."
Although Christian counselors often use skills from the field of secular psychology and counseling, they recognize that the Bible, not psychology, is the final authority. "His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness (2 Peter 1:3). A Christian counselor's major strategy is to help their clients substitute biblical truth for error as they go about their day-to-day lives. They know that the truth, when known, believed, and obeyed, sets people free. When people are set free, they are fulfilling their true calling. "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" (John 8:32).
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Our counseling ministries will be closely associated with Trinity Institute of Christian Counseling which is a ministry of Trinity Evangelical Christian Ministries.(TECM)USA.
What is Trinity Evangelical Christian Ministries?
The TECM Logo would explain it clearly.
We've been asked to include a description of the meaning behind Trinity's Crest, and we wanted to be sure it was posted elsewhere on our website to the information would be readily available for our visitors!
Starting from the top... we are Trinity Evangelical Christian Ministries - words chosen to honor the Triune Being of God (Trinity), our distinct calling to outreach (Evangelical) and to make no mistake as to the Lord we serve (Christian).
The knight's helmet is meant to symbolize that we are all spiritual warriors, protected by the full armor of God.
The field colors maroon, gold, silver and white were each chosen for very specific and intricate reasons:
Maroon - symbolic of courage, bravery and strength. This ministry courageously followed the call to use the internet for God's glory, despite some fairly well known stereotypes brought about by "online ministries" that have come before us. (God has - and continues to - bless us mightily for answering that call!)
Gold - symbolic of royalty, purity and abundance. At the time of the creation of our crest, we had faith in the purity of this calling, and chose gold as both a symbol of the spiritual abundance we faithfully desired to bring about by honoring and exalting the priesthood of all believers, as well as a way of honoring the Royalty of the Lord we serve.
Silver - symbolic of reliability, modesty, dignity, maturity. Silver was chosen for our crest to signify that we do adhere to sound Christian doctrine, and strive for dignity in our work for Christ. Specifically, it was chosen to note that we strive to ordain and credential fellow Christian servants, for Christian work. We endeavor to stand out as a ministry that will be here in 20-50-100 years, God willing, still honoring the priesthood of all believers with dignity in a confused and misinformed world.
White - symbolic of priesthood, purity, simplicity, peace, humility. We chose white to also have a dual meaning in our crest... it represents both the "white as snow" state of our souls when we are washed clean of sin by God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ, as well as the indication that every believer is a man (or woman) "of the cloth", because Christ said so.
The symbols included in our crest are (clockwise from the top):
The Cross inside of the Crown - signifying our honor, recognition and exaltation of Christ as King.
The Chi Rho with the Alpha and Omega - Chi and Rho are the first two letters of Christ in Greek, and the superimposing of one over the other is one of the oldest symbols used in Christianity. The Alpha and Omega - the beginning and the end, as quoted from scripture. This symbol, in our reference here, honors Christ as the beginning and the end of all we are as a ministry.
The Holy Bible - signifying our faith that the Holy Bible is the divinely inspired, living, breathing Word of God.
The triqueta or "Trinity Knot" - signifying & glorifying the Holy Trinity in our crest, honoring our Namesake. The unbroken circle represents eternity. The interwoven nature of the symbol denotes the indivisibility and equality of the Holy Trinity. It symbolizes that we worship three beings of power, honor, and glory - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - but all are indivisibly one God.
Lions holding up the Crown in the center - this is the one thing that is personal to Dr. Weyant and her family, as the founders of this ministry. This was actually drawn directly from the Weyant family crest, and is used here to symbolize two lions (representing dauntless courage) holding up the Crown of Christ above the Throne of Grace.
The Banner - The words in the banner at the bottom of Trinity's Crest are "By His Grace Alone". Pretty self-explanatory on its surface, but also indicates our belief that the only education that truly matters happens within the Grace-covered believer through the work of the Holy Spirit.
The Grape Leaves / Vine - Trinity's crest rests on a green (alive) vine to signify that we endeavor to be known by our fruit.
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| (Eph 4:11 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and BECOME MATURE, ATTAINING TO THE WHOLE MEASURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST.From Him the whole body, joined and held together by every support ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. Ephesians 4:16 |
