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> [“During his teens, parents ought to encourage the child to reevaluate his own life. He should reevaluate his standards and performance in terms of the Scriptures. He might well be helped to devise a teen-age program for putting off the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/during-his-teens-parents-ought-to-encourage-the-child-to-reevaluate/)

[Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/)

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## More by Jay E. Adams

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/no-man-is-free-to-ignore-god-s-standards-no-one-has-the-right-to/)

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> [“Wherever the Spirit of the Lord is at work, one of the discernible evidences of His presence is changed personalities. Men can and do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/wherever-the-spirit-of-the-lord-is-at-work-one-of-the-discernible/)

[Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/when-clients-think-they-are-helpless-that-some-strange-mysterious/)

[Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/)

> [“Nouthetic counseling, then, necessarily embodies involvement of the deepest sort.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/nouthetic-counseling-then-necessarily-embodies-involvement-of-the/)

[Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/)

> [“While victories in the struggle are possible through Christ (vs. 25), they do not come easily or apart from daily battles involving just such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/while-victories-in-the-struggle-are-possible-through-christ-vs-25/)

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> [“But even that distress must be balanced by enthusiastic hope. It is his task always to sound the note of biblical optimism that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/but-even-that-distress-must-be-balanced-by-enthusiastic-hope-it-is/)

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> [“The fourth response is Christian: “It can be solved through Christ.” Notice that the first three responses leave the problem intact and as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/the-fourth-response-is-christian-it-can-be-solved-through-christ/)

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> [“Nowhere does the Bible say that one must wait for change. Jesus did not ask people to wait. He expected and effected change right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/nowhere-does-the-bible-say-that-one-must-wait-for-change-jesus-did/)

[Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/the-christian-cheerfully-asserts-the-possibility-of-thorough-rapid/)

[Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/)

> [“There are at least seven separately definable elements involved in biblical change. These cannot be viewed merely as successive steps, since most of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/there-are-at-least-seven-separately-definable-elements-involved-in/)

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> [“We are to vigorously and violently demolish all the fortifications of the foe, winning the battle and talking him captive for Christ. The Church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/we-are-to-vigorously-and-violently-demolish-all-the-fortifications-of/)

[Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/)

> [“Most cases of child discipline may be solved by establishing structure that will lead to the reenforcement of the biblical principles established for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/most-cases-of-child-discipline-may-be-solved-by-establishing/)

[Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/)

> [“Counselees continually confuse learned behavior patterns with inherited nature (phusis). Counselors may take it as a rule that any quality of life, attitude of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/counselees-continually-confuse-learned-behavior-patterns-with/)

[Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/)

> [The Christian is free from all other human beings. He does not have to live over against others, controlled by their actions and responses.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/the-christian-is-free-from-all-other-human-beings-he-does-not-have-to/)

[Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/)

> [“Similarly, the Scriptures urge the believer to be what God has declared him to be in Christ.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/similarly-the-scriptures-urge-the-believer-to-be-what-god-has/)

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