Confession is admitting what is true—what we believe. Often, our confession of beliefs does not align with the way we live, leading to problems in our lives. 

A garden rose planted in the shade may wilt because it is not correctly positioned to receive sunlight. Imagine an alkaline-loving vine rooted in acidic soil; it withers in the garden due to a nutrient imbalance.

Just as plants can be misaligned with the true source of life, our beliefs and actions can become misaligned with Jesus and require realignment. Like a wandering vine needs to be realigned with the trellis, the wandering heart needs to be realigned with God’s Word and Spirit – biblical counseling does precisely that. Biblical counseling helps the heart align living and believing so that you can live biblically, in harmony with God, the Master Gardener.

In a world where advice and secular counseling theories are rooted in fleeting human wisdom that withers like grass and fades like flowers, biblical counseling is solely rooted in God’s everlasting Word. Scripture declares, “The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the Word of our God endures forever” - Isaiah 40:8.

Biblical counseling is like tending a flower garden. The biblical counselor knows that the most valuable tool in the garden is the knowledge of the Master Gardener. 

While secular counseling may focus on trimming the wilted leaves or tying up drooping stems to make the plant appear healthy and strong, biblical counseling kneels at the roots, working gently to loosen the soil of the heart with God’s Word, uncovering noxious roots that bear the unhealthy fruit of sin, such as fear, pride, anger, or misplaced hope.

Biblical counseling explores the roots of the problem under the care of the Master Gardener—God Himself—and offers biblical solutions for aligning living and believing.

With the careful hands of God’s truth in love, biblical counseling aligns living and believing with the trellis of God’s Word and Spirit so that you can live biblically.

Reflect on whether your confession of belief in Jesus aligns with your actions. When you're faced with unexpected trials or temptations, consider how your thoughts, desires, feelings, and actions align with Scripture’s truth. 

Sometimes, a mother’s heart is like a summer flower garden exposed to intense heat and a scorching sun. The heat of worry, fear, guilt, anger, shame, and exhaustion throws off the balance of living and believing. But there is hope. Jesus and His Spirit are like a fountain of living water, softening the heart, restoring balance, bringing life-giving hope to its roots.

Every flower must grow through the soil, and biblical counseling trusts in the living water of God’s Spirit to cleanse away the impurities left by sin.

Being a mom involves continually and lovingly planting God’s Word in a child’s heart. However, disciplining children in a God-glorifying way first requires the difficult work of yielding to God’s Word and Spirit, allowing each to discipline your own heart so that living and believing align daily. When living and believing align in your heart, then aligning living and believing in your child’s heart through discipline becomes a God-glorifying act.

Just as planting a flower in unbalanced, nutrient-poor soil won't produce blooms, a life rooted in misapplying God’s Word won't bear the blooming fruit of Christlikeness. Living and believing are the hidden works of God’s Spirit as He works through His Word in a life deeply rooted in accurately applying God’s Word to each temptation, situation, and relationship.

Through counseling and practical application of God’s Word, Biblical counseling sows the seeds of God’s truth, stabilizing the heart's soil by removing hard, rocky, and thorny layers that hinder growth.

Through the caring, gentle confrontation of God’s corrective Word, Biblical counseling helps align your actions and beliefs. It’s a supportive journey, guiding moms like you to become more like Jesus each day as you live biblically.