With Christian Life Coaching CO Christians Cope Better With Modern Life

By Sharon Carter


Modern life is not easy and nobody needs to be told this. It is especially difficult for devoutly religious individuals and Christians, amongst others, are struggling to reconcile the demands of modern life with their belief systems. For them, there can be no compromise of their faith but they still want to succeed in this increasingly worldly environment. But with Christian life coaching CO citizens find that they can achieve some balance between the many demands made upon them.

Christians have more than one choice when they seek professional help. They may simply seek counselling from their pastor or priest, they may join Christian groups or they may even seek psychological therapy. An increasing number of them opt for the services of a coach, however. They like the idea that coaches are objective and not judgemental in any way and they then choose a coach that uses Christianity as an approach.

Coaches that profess to be Christians use the Bible as their approach to help their clients grow. They believe that the Bible contain all the answers to all the maladies that can possibly afflict mankind. In fact, they believe that the Bible should be the only source of advice and counselling for any believer. These coaches therefore focus on helping their clients discover answers to their problems in the Bible.

Reputable and experienced coaches nevertheless use modern counselling techniques to help their clients. They focus on the Bible to find answers, but many clients still need to learn how to set goals, how to find answers for themselves and how to make plans to convert their goals into achievable action plans. This is achieved through modern, proven methods that help clients to focus on their end goals.

Choosing a coach should be undertaken with circumspect. Christianity consists of many different orders, churches and groups that all differ in one or more ways about the way that the interpret the Bible, to road to salvation and the rituals that all Christians have to honour. The chosen coach should profess a belief system very similar to that of the client.

It would be very unreasonable to expect a coach to perform miracles and to produce answers and solutions. That is not what their role is. Their role is to act as guides, to help their clients to explore possible solutions to their questions and problems and to find ways in which to change their own lives in a meaningful and fulfilling manner. The role of the coach is to act as guide and advisor, not as a pastor.

Coaches that base their approach on the principles of Christianity and the Bible have many critics. They say that these coaches are not qualified for leading their clients towards spiritual growth and that they certainly do not have either the training or the experience to interpret the Bible correctly. Their clients would be much better off with pastoral counselling, these critics say.

Over time, coaching have become a very large industry on its own. Every client has different needs and those that are devoutly Christians cannot be blamed for wanting a coach that will adhere to their own personal beliefs. This is, after all, a personal decision.




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