Life Line

 

......a Christ-centered recovery ministry for youth.

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The Journey Toward Healing 

Some of the pain in your life may be a result of what others have done to you. While other pain that you experience is real because of decisions you've made along the journey of life. Some of those decisions have led to serious bad habits, addictions, or consequences that result in pain. Regardless of the source of your pain (others or your own choices), it's safe to say that if you were offered healing from your pain, you'd take it...right?

That's what the "Life Line" series is all about, healing. God's healing is available for the pain that comes your way. You will learn about some of the steps to take that make you open to God's healing touch in your life. God wants you to live your life to the fullest and He's provided you with a way to live life, fully connected with Him.

It's impossible to live a full life and escape pain, but you can learn some steps to take during your journey that will allow you to move toward God's healing grip. This journey of healing begins with a big first step - Admitting you are powerless to deal with life by yourself.

Schedule 

Call the Chapin Christian Counseling at 211 East Boundary Street , Chapin (803-345-5047) for more information.

Checklist for Symptoms of Struggle 

If you answer yes to two or more of the questions below, you are probably struggling with a hurt, habit, or hang-up that you need help with. There is hope and help for you in this "Life Line" recovery group.

  1. Do you think a lot about problems caused by your drinking or drug use behavior?
  2. Do you promise to stop drinking or using drugs and then drink or use again?
  3. Do you threaten to leave home because of arguments over your drinking or drug use?
  4. Do you have increasingly bad feelings about yourself because of your drinking or drug use?
  5. Do you think that everything would be okay if the drinking or drug using situation changed?
  6. Do you feel alone, rejected, fearful, angry, guilty, or exhausted?
  7. Are you feeling an increasing dislike of yourself?
  8. Do you find your moods changing as a direct result of your drinking or drug use?
  9. Do you try to conceal the drinking situation from friends and/or family members?
  10. Do you cover up for, or protect the person who drinks or uses drugs?
  11. Do you feel responsible and/or guilty for the drinking or drug use behavior?
  12. Are you beginning to withdraw from friends, family, and outside activities?
  13. Is your school work suffering because of a drinking or drug use problem?
  14. Do you find yourself trying to justify the way you feel and act in reaction to your drinking or drug using behavior?
  15. Do you feel defeated and hopeless?

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13)

Eight Steps to Healing ( G O D  H E A L S ) 

Step 1 - Get Help. Admit that I am powerless to deal with my habit of doing the wrong thing, and that I need help.

Step 2 - Open Your Heart. I know that God exists, that I matter to him, and that He is the only one who has the power to heal my pain.

Step 3 - Depend On Christ. I realize I need to turn my life over to Christ. I need to depend on Him in all areas of my life, including all that I say, think, and do.

Step 4 - Hear And Speak. I agree to evaluate my life an confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.

Step 5 - Embrace God's Way. I will stop doing things my way and put my life on the path that leads toward God's way.

Step 6 - Ask For Forgiveness. I will offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me, and I will ask for forgiveness for any wrong I've done to others.

Step 7 - Live For God. I will set aside some time for God each day to examine my life, read my Bible, and pray so that I have the power to live God's way.

Step 8 - Support Others. I will take the message that God heals to others in need and share it by my words and actions.

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing, and perfect will. (Romans 12:2)

Information About the Counselor 

Dr. Phillips is a Christian Counselor with a Doctorate in Christian Counseling from Andersonville Baptist Seminary. She is a licensed Master Social Worker with a Master of Social Work from the University of South Carolina. Her undergraduate studies were in Experimental Psychology at the University of South Carolina. She is licensed by the State of South Carolina to practice psychotherapy and is a member in good standing in the following professional organizations:

  • American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC)
  • North American Association of Christians in Social Work (NACSW)
  • Society for Social Work Research (SSWR)
  • National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

Contact BJ and Chuck at the Chapin Christian Counseling & Grace Chapel.