The following counseling sessions are transcripts from counseling sessions Mark has had with people from various parts of the country. All counsel is given free of charge. Any donations given to defray the cost of this aspect of our ministry would be greatly appreciated.
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Divorce - Mercy and Grace
The legal proceedings are going on but, some things are happening....My husband called me and ‘begged’ for mercy and grace...
Evaluating Good Counsel
Jeremiah chapter 20-27 teach this truth....
I Don't Respect Him
...I feel he wants to run a dictatorship. We are just to do what he says, no questions, no comments...
Intimacy with Husband and Childhood Abuse
...some of these things that I am learning about myself are difficult to face ..it's been a long time...
Out of the Depths
Things are much better now. I don't deserve any of what I have...
Out of the Mouths of Babes
I responded wrong.....I got defensive...and said things I should not have...
Painful Rejection but necessary surgery
The counselor was right, there is no good that will come from communication between my husband and I right now...The rejection I felt from his last letter was unbelievable...
The Prayer that Changed My Husband, Marriage, and Me
Right after our last child was born, I was very hormonal and needy. I was trying to take care of our now, six children, and because of our tight financial situation, my husband was very detached emotionally and spent lots of time in front of the TV...
Room of Grace
Get this.."Humility requires trust. Humility believes that what God and others have to teach me is worthy of my dependent trust....
Sensitive Topic
...I am so battle weary and numb I don't know what step to take. My husband and I have been married for 21 years. We have had a very tumultuous existence. We did manage to produce a precious little girl...
Sexual Behavior, the Strength of the Family and Nations
You have said on several occasions that a society can be no more stable than the strength of the individual family units. Specifically, you said sexual behavior is directly linked to survival of nations. Explain how that principle works...
Shame
This morning I learned this wonderful truth:
Proverbs 17:9, "He that covers a transgression, seeks love."
Isn't that an interesting verse...
Silence or Confrontation?
I am still struggling...how do I continue in my awesome walk with the Lord...and continue to "let" husband talk to the kids the way he does sometimes..do i say anything..??
Stuffing Emotions
I have done a lot of thinking about your last email and God has shown me I do have a problem with stuffing of emotions. I didn't want to admit it, but I can't deny the evidence. You asked if I have depression. My husband has said I act depressed at times for several years...
Transparency or Vulnerability
Victor Frankl, who spent agonizing and torturous years in a Nazi concentration camp, borrowed Nietzsche’s dictum to convey a remarkable, positive perspective of an extremely hurtful and grotesque situation: “That which does not kill me makes me stronger...
Wife Not Willing to Follow
She is the type of woman (yes very strong) that needs to be approached with yielded gentleness. She doesn't believe that you have her best interest in mind and when she feels threatened or her children threatened she resists strongly. This is NOT an assault against you as you see it...
