Hi Frank,

After "And Adam was not deceived" I would put in brackets/parenthesis - (no, he just blatantly disobeyed!).

Hi Carolyn,

The prayer you need to pray in order to receive God's salvation in Jesus Christ is available on The Virtual Church (this web site) in the Bible Study section - Stage One, Class One Part 9. The prayer given there is a model prayer of salvation. It is a prayer of salvation you need in order to receive redemption in Christ Jesus, which is by implication the forgiveness of sins.

The prayer of salvation is based on Romans 10:9 - 10. Forgiveness for sins past is granted because we confess our need for a Saviour. The Saviour Jesus Christ gave Himself for that forgiveness by giving Himself as the sacrificial Lamb of God. After that, prayer for forgiveness is what we pray during our Christian lives upon the occasion of sin in our lives and this is based on 1 John 1:7 and 9.

Hi Warrie,

Actually, a house cannot be satanic (your word was 'fetish'). The people in it though can be "the children of disobedience" as the Bible calls them and, as a result, in them can be working the spirit that the Bible refers to as the "the prince of the power of the air." The result of this is that they "walked according to the course of this world."See Eph.2:1-4

Can this effect you and your family when your home is in close proximity to it? The short answer, no. No, in the same way as it was no when the death angel came across the land of Egypt and passed over the houses of the children of Israel where the inhabitants had smeared the blood of the lamb on the door posts and lintels.

The important thing is to know the power of the blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ, and to know what He has accomplished for you by the shedding of His blood when He gave Himself as the Lamb of God.

Live in a daily close relationship with your Heavenly Father through His Son, Jesus. Look to the Holy Spirit and God's Word in the Bible to guide you in that relationship.

Hi Janice,

Sadly, Western countries have written a body of statutory regulation around the words "counsellor" and "counselling" so that in this present world you risk falling foul of the law if you use those words in contexts that do not conform to the framework statutory regulation around them. Astonishing? Yes, certainly. Government protects its back against repercussions of things going wrong by bringing in ever greater and more onerous regulation of public affairs.

I suggest you can give advice from the Bible to the unsaved in the following way, "I know my way around the Bible and have discovered where there is in it a lot of practical counsel for life today. If you like, I can share with you the Bible's counsel written in it in a way that suggests it fits situations that might be like yours." I'm no expert in this field but it seems to me that approaching it in that way ought to cover you in regard to statutory regulation.

Hi Mary,

The answer to this problem is giving thanks to God and praising Him. This gets your eyes off yourself with your shortcomings and onto God with His more-than-enough possibilities and resources. The prayer you seek is found in Psalm 103:1 - 5. Pray those words with a whole heart daily.

Hi Robin,

Are you trying to sell something or are you offering to promote this web site via advertising for free?

Hi Ronnie,

The key is to counsel in such a way that the new Christian is able to recognise that as they grow in the Lord they can get answers for themselves to life's challenging questions from God's Word and the Holy Spirit.

This is done by not sounding like you, as the counselor have all the answers, but by presenting your counsel as counsel you have yourself received and found based of the words of the prophets and apostles in the Bible.

For example, you might say, "The apostle Paul refers to the feelings and emotions you tell be you are experiencing in his letter to the Romans. Let's look at it together and see how what he says might help you at this time." Another example, might be to say, "I've experienced that exact same problem you are having. I got on top of it by copying what David declared that he said and did when faced with a similar problem. Let me show you it Psalms."

I don't know of any material teaching this type of counseling but I'm sure there must be a book in existence that provides it.

Hi Temelso,

If I understand your posting correctly the responsibility for your present troubles lies with someone who betrayed you, your wife who betrayed you, your enemies and satanic curses that have been put on you by enemies.

Do you not feel there is any responsibility for your current woes that you should be accepting yourself?

Hi Roger,

I have no idea. This is not a spiritual matter or even a body of Christ matter. It is a legal matter. These earthy denominations have to answer to civil regulators regarding their handling of their financial affairs.

Hi Lisa,

What kind of spiritual guidance are you looking for? Do you have in mind guidance on how to develop or move forward spiritually in life? Or do you have in mind guidance on some very personal and specific life issues?

If it's the first kind of guidance you have in mind then I can help you. Simply post your question or query here and I'll do my best to reply.

If it's the second kind then really you need some face to face dialog time. Obviously, this will need to be local to you and ought to be with a pastor or mature Christian who regularly gives spiritual guidance on specific personal life issues.

Hi Ginger, The often quoted and so-called "scriptures about women preaching" are not actually about women preaching at all. When the Greek text is looked at (and the context of the scripture are acknowledged) they are seen to be about wives hushing up in church so the meeting/service can proceed without unnecessary disruption. See 1 Cor. 14:33-35.

It needs to be recognised that when it comes to the apostle Paul's writings about women and ministry in church it is difficult to make much of them because he moves between two points of view on the matter. For example, in 1 Timothy 2:12 he writes he doesn't allow them to teach but in Titus 2:1-4 he exhorts that they should be teaching. Ultimately, I think his word on women as Christians has to take precedence - "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:28.

By the way, a discussion like this should be on the Questions/Counsel page of this web site instead of this interaction page.

Hi Ginger, Women played a major role in the early church. The church at Sychar in Samaria was started by a woman - see John 4:39-42. The first person commanded by the Lord to proclaim the fact of the resurrection was a woman - see John 16-18.