“Every change that God promises is possible. Every quality that God requires in His redeemed children can be attained. Every resource that… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“While victories in the struggle are possible through Christ (vs. 25), they do not come easily or apart from daily battles involving… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Change, then, is necessary, but change is hard. One of the major reasons why Christians founder is because they are either unwilling… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“If a new relationship based upon biblical change and help is not established, then it is likely that one or more of… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Everywhere the Scriptures either demand change or assume its possibility. Since not all change is good, the Scriptures were written to give… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“God’s Word changes people, changes their thinking, changes their decisions, and changes their behavior. Change is an important matter to nouthetic counselors.… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“No one ever left Jesus Christ the same. Of everyone who met him, He demanded change. It does not take months or… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“A Christian sins if he becomes a static, sedentary person who fears positive biblical change and frantically clings to the past, either… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“the Christian cheerfully asserts the possibility of thorough, rapid change. This is a very crucial plank in the Christian counselor’s platform. As… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Christians never should fear change. They must believe in change so long as the change is oriented toward godliness. The Christian life… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“There are at least seven separately definable elements involved in biblical change. These cannot be viewed merely as successive steps, since most… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“But to a Christian, change should be thrilling rather than threatening. The Christian life is an adventure into God’s newness. Newness need… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Counselors must recognize that too many Christians give up. They want the change too soon. What they really want is change without… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Based upon the fundamental Christian conviction that men can change as the Spirit works within them, we must insist upon the idea… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Nowhere does the Bible say that one must wait for change. Jesus did not ask people to wait. He expected and effected… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“No man is free to ignore God’s standards. No one has the right to choose not to serve God, for God has made man… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“Wherever the Spirit of the Lord is at work, one of the discernible evidences of His presence is changed personalities. Men can and do… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“When clients think they are helpless, that some strange mysterious force is at work overpowering them, and they say that I Corinthians 10:13 does… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“Nouthetic counseling, then, necessarily embodies involvement of the deepest sort.” — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“While victories in the struggle are possible through Christ (vs. 25), they do not come easily or apart from daily battles involving just such… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“But even that distress must be balanced by enthusiastic hope. It is his task always to sound the note of biblical optimism that is… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“The fourth response is Christian: “It can be solved through Christ.” Notice that the first three responses leave the problem intact and as a… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“Nowhere does the Bible say that one must wait for change. Jesus did not ask people to wait. He expected and effected change right… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“the Christian cheerfully asserts the possibility of thorough, rapid change. This is a very crucial plank in the Christian counselor’s platform. As a basic… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“There are at least seven separately definable elements involved in biblical change. These cannot be viewed merely as successive steps, since most of them… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“We are to vigorously and violently demolish all the fortifications of the foe, winning the battle and talking him captive for Christ. The Church… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“Most cases of child discipline may be solved by establishing structure that will lead to the reenforcement of the biblical principles established for the… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“Counselees continually confuse learned behavior patterns with inherited nature (phusis). Counselors may take it as a rule that any quality of life, attitude of… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
The Christian is free from all other human beings. He does not have to live over against others, controlled by their actions and responses.… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
“Similarly, the Scriptures urge the believer to be what God has declared him to be in Christ.” — Jay E. Adams Copy Share
