Tips to Pastoral Counselling
Below are a couple of dozen short tips to Pastoral Counselling that might be useful for you!
The Prayer of a Drug Addict
“God, if You exist, hear my cry of despair! Come quickly and help me….my body is falling apart…my stomach churns, my muscles flop; yet with all the guts left in me, I’ll do anything in order to get my next shot…I need to feel good again! Yet, what is goodness? I don’t understand it anymore, for those who pass by shakes their heads at me, scold me or arrest me when, in desperation, I commit yet another crime. My companions are those very people who cannot help themselves or me… or those who torture me into selling drugs for them. If hell is like this, I certainly don’t want to go there… help me…please…”[The author’s recreation of the trauma of addiction that a late friend endured.]
For Meditation and Prayer:
John 3:16, Isaiah 53:4-6, John 8:7, 10-11
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 01-Apr-2002 |
A Devout Roman, Cornelius |
| 01-May-2002 |
The Need To Be Needed |
| 01-Jun-2002 |
Father, Please Take A Seat and Wait |
| 01-Jul-2002 |
Lord, I Do Not Want to Lose My Sensitivity |
| 01-Aug-2002 |
In Sincerity and in Truth - The Gospel, Evangelism, Liberalism, Charismatism and Silent Retreats |
| 01-Sep-2002 |
God’s Longer Routes & Not My Will |
| 01-Oct-2002 |
Understood in the Common Object of Faith |
| 01-Nov-2002 |
My Brother Danny |
| 01-Dec-2002 |
Two Minutes Only, My Lord! |
| 01-Jan-2003 |
We Can’t Have Everything |
| 01-Feb-2003 |
Wearing Church Masks |
| 01-Mar-2003 |
Why Relinquish, Lord? |
| 01-Apr-2003 |
Commitment in an Imperfect World |
| 01-May-2003 |
Keep Me Faithful to Thee |
| 01-Jun-2003 |
The Prayer of a Drug Addict |
| 01-Jul-2003 |
Sentul - A Tourist Attraction? |
| 01-Aug-2003 |
A Seed Must Die In The Soil |
| 01-Sep-2003 |
Mum Smothers Me |
| 01-Oct-2003 |
I Am A Mistress' Daughter |
| 01-Nov-2003 |
What's The Use of Higher Education |