OJPM Spring Luncheon 2016

May 15, 2017 by Diana Cummins

Oklahoma Jail & Prison Ministries
Spring Luncheon 2016

Sponsors:
Steve Smith
BOTT Radio

Thank You for all that were able to attend

Here are some great memories we have:

Tim Gentry, Barbara Tompkins, Bill Farley

Diana Chambers David Prater — Diana Chambers, David Prater

Tim Gentry, Joe Williams, Linda Williams, Bill Farley

Rick Tompkins, Barbara Tompkins, Tim Gentry

Always Call Sin “Sin:”
It is no favor to the counselee to call sin “sickness” or “a genetic problem.” The kindest thing to do is tell the truth. There is hope in right labeling. Jesus came to forgive and to defeat sin. He doesn’t promise to change our genes or to heal all our sicknesses. Names are important. Names can be signs and sign posts: they point to solutions. “Sickness” points to the physician; “sin: points to Jesus Christ.

Never Minimize:

Don’t minimize the severity of a counselee’s problem. Nor should you minimize his negative evaluation of himself. It isn’t easy for a sinner to admit his sin. Some, meaning well, do poorly instead when they say things like, “O, come on, John, you haven’t been that bad.” If a woman says, “I’ve been a miserable failure as a mother,” take her seriously. Say something like this in response: “That is serious; tell me how bad a mother you have been.” Minimize neither the evaluation that the counselee makes, nor the severity of his situation. Rather, maximize the Savior: “Yes, your situation is really bad, but – thank God – Jesus Christ can solve problems even that serious.”

OJPM Spring Luncheon 2016

Oklahoma Jail & Prison Ministries
Spring Luncheon 2016

Sponsors:
Steve Smith
BOTT Radio

Thank You for all that were able to attend

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