What NewMind provides that other programs do not:
Practical ways to withstand trials regardless of emotions and perception of God’s connection
Practical understanding of grief and how to deal with it effectively (Lamenting for Healing)
Effective accountability and support that leads to sustainable action steps
Practical ways to build trust that has been broken
Practical ways to take 100% responsibility without succumbing to a sneaky victim mentality that sabotages relationships
Effective motivation to pursue self-discipline and life change
Empowering understanding of God’s love and our future in spite of emotions
Many Christian and secular programs don’t work because they:
Neglect practical obedience as means to healing in unbalanced favor of prayer and waiting on God (even though they claim otherwise)
Do not understand grief and therefore cannot legitimately help with that aspect
Do not know the value of lament and therefore leave it out
Do not emphasize making real amends
Do not emphasize *effective* accountability that leads to action steps
Allow different levels of victim mentality that causes individuals to avoid 100% responsibility for their actions
Neglects our God-given abilities and his commands to obey in favor of “I’m a lowly sinner and only God can change me” motifs
Emphasizes undefined “connections” with God over trusting what Jesus said and using that truth as fuel to obey no matter what “connections” might occur (because they often don’t occur – and that’s ok)
Does all of this in the name of the “biblical teaching” which silences questioning and keeps people in bondage to their own destructive habits
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