Many Christians have an enormous desire to live a better and more God-centered existence. However, in reality, many Christians make a great effort to put into practice what they know they should do but life still offers it’s ups and downs. As the Bible puts it, a man’s spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Is there any hope for the distressed Christian believer or anywhere for them to turn? Fortunately the answer is yes and this is where a Christian life coach can be quite useful as a supplement to their faith and connection to God and their church.
It’s true that a Christian can turn to God for help. The individual can always pray for His guidance and power to transform his/her life. God, however, requires his followers to do their part in life as well. If Christians want to follow the path laid out for them by God, they will need to exert a good deal of effort on their own.
This is where Christian life coaching comes in…
The new concept of coaching can help the believer reach the grand goal of Christian development and discipleship through the support and assistance of a Christian life coach.
This type of coaching enables a person to freely bring God into the planning and progress of one’s values and goals, while relating these to one’s health, family, career, retirement, or any other aspect of one’s life that may be brought to the coach’s attention.
What sets a Christian life coach apart from a secular life coach?
Here are few differences between Christian life coaching and secular coaching:
1. Unlike most secular life coaches who are trained not to transfer their own morals across to clients during their sessions, many Christian life coaches are given the freedom to speak about God’s gospel, and how it can be applied to their client’s life.
2. A secular life coach doesn’t refer to the Bible or any other religious belief but allows each individual client to express and pursue their own particular belief. The Christian life coach, however, needs to have a working knowledge of the Bible although he/she doesn’t have to know it word for word or even commit verses to memory.
They do however need to have enough information about Christianity to effectively assist others in achieving a meaningful existence and a rich Christian life.
3. Secular coaching focuses on worldly affairs and relies on the client’s self-motivated goals. Christian coaching, however, has the religious teachings of Jesus Christ as the center of everything.
4. In Christian coaching, a three-way interrelationship exists among the coach, the client, and the Holy Spirit. Secular coaching, on the other hand, involves a partnership between the coach and client.
What are the benefits of working with a Christian life coach?
Here are some of the benefits a client may enjoy will working with a Christian life coach:
1. Gain more insight into their actions and how to triumph over critical situations and challenges.
2. Relieve stress, frustration, and anxiety around challenges, issues, and changes at work, in relationships and the environment.
3. Improved clarity and focus about what brings happiness and fulfillment into their life.
4. Movement from an “I can’t” frame of mind to the “I can” disposition.
5. Increased enthusiasm for taking responsibility for accomplishing what they want in life.
6. Discover ways to make better decisions that relate to how they manage their health, energy, free time, etc.
7. Develop a new understanding of “retirement” that is appropriate to the changes during the 21st century, as well as a fuller, deeper, and more passionate plan for this stage of life.
8. Create a more fulfilling relationship with their partner or find a partner who shares their interests, is a best friend and a cheerleader in helping them to achieve life goals.
A Christian life lived well can be wonderful. Why not start working towards a better life through the help of a Christian life coach and why not get started today.