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• The Holy Spirit helps us discern and under- O rotloetsa ba-counsellor go ultwa sentle le go
stand Truth (John 14:26). Praying for the Spirit’s tlhaloganya Lefoko la Modimo (Colllins, 2010).
illumination of Truth should be a regular part Lewis (2016) o kwadile a re:
of biblical counselling preparation and practice.
To lead others apart from His leading is to rely • Mowa o o Boitshepo ke one fela yo o ka fe-
on one’s own wisdom. tolang dipelo. Mowa o o Boitshepo o tlisa go
ntshafala go go gorosang maungo a Mowa (Ba-
Tan (1999) goes on to postulate that the Holy galata 3:1-3; 5:22-23)
Spirit’s work in the counselling ministry takes • Mowa o o Boitshepo o tlisa go ipona molato.
place in three major ways: the Spirit’s power, the Go ipona molato go go tlisiwang ke Mowa o o
Spirit’s truth, and the Spirit’s fruit. That to be Boitshepo gone go tlisa go boifa Morena Mo-
filled with the Holy Spirit is to the yield to Him dimo, mme seno se lere go ikotlhaya. Go ipona
and allow Him to take control and take the lead, molato ka ntlha ya Mowa o o Boitshepo go ka
allowing Him to shape us to be Christ-like. The nna botlhoko jo bo tsanyaolang, fela kwa bofe-
more counsellors are able to yield to the power long ke tswina e e monate e e tlisang botshelo le
of the Holy Spirit the more the Spirit empowers boitumelo mo moweng wa motho.
them with the gifts of the Spirit including ex- • Mowa o o Boitshepo o a re thusa, o a re fatl-
hortation, encouragement (Rom 12:8), healing hosa mme o re tlhalogantsha nnete ya Modimo
(1 Cor 12:9, 28), wisdom (1 Cor 12:8), know- (Johane 14:26). Go rapelela gore Mowa o Boits-
hepo o re sedimosetse Nnete, e tshwanwtse go
ledge (1 Cor 12:8), discerning of spirits (1 Cor nna karolo ya go ipakanyetsa le go dira coun-
12:10), and mercy (Rom 12:8). Spiritual gifts are selling ya Sekeereste. Go etelela pele batho kwa
given to individual believers to build the church ntle ga go etelefiwa pele ke Mowa o o Boitshepo
community and not for individual edification. ke go ikanya botlhale jwa rona re la batho.
These [gifts] would also not be as effective un-
less they are accompanied by love. Tan (1999) o tswelela pele ka go ipaa ka gore
tiro ya Mowa o o Boitshepo mo counselling e
In guiding those who provide counselling, the bonala ka mekgwa e le meraro, e leng: ka maatla
Holy Spirit will always conform to the Scrip- a Mowa, ke nnete ya Mowa le maungo a Mowa.
ture and His guidance shall never contradict Go tlala ka Mowa o o Boitshepo ke go o obame-
the Scripture. “This means, for Christian coun- la le go o letlelela go tsaa taolo le boetapele, ka
sellors who are abiding in the Spirit, that they jalo re mo dumelela go re betla gore re tshwane
can be certain that the Spirit will enable their le Kereste. Fa mo-cousellor a ikamanya ebile a
work to be consistent with the moral and ethi- obamela maatla a Mowa o o Boitshepo, Mowa
cal aspects of biblical teaching” (Tan, 1999). o tla ba nonofisa ka dimpho tsa se-Mowa tse di
According to Galatians 5:22–23, the Holy Spi- jaaka go rotloetsa (Baroma 12:8), go fodisa (1
rit produces fruit of the Spirit which are: love, Bakorinte 12:9, 28), botlhale (1Bakorinte 12;8),
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith- kitso (1Bakorinte 12:8), go lemoga le go faro-
fulness, gentleness and self-control. A coun- loganya memowa (1Bakorinte 12:10), le mautl-
sellor filled with the Holy Spirit is thus bound welo-botlhoko (Baroma 12:8). Dimpho tsa se-
to be abounding with such fruit and exhibit Mowa di neelwa badumedi gore ba age, ebile ba
those in sessions with their clients. Tan (1999) nonofise phuthego, eseng go itlotlomatsa bona
further goes on to say that a counsellor needs ka bo bone. Mme fela, dimpho tseno tsotlhe ga
to maintain a balance between power, truth and di ka ke tsa nna le mosola fa di sa tsamaisane le
fruits to be effective. “Power without love can lorato.
result in abuse. Power without truth may lead Fa Mowa o o Boitshepo o tataisa bao ba
to heresy. But power based in biblical truth and neelanang ka counselling, ka dinako tsotlhe o
steeped in Christ-like love can produce rene- ikamanya le Dikwalo tsa Beibele; mme ditaelo
wal, revival, and deep healing of broken lives” tsa one ga di ka ke ya nna tse di kgatlhanong le
www.fullerstudio.fuller.edu Dikwalo. “Seo se raa gore ba-counsellor ba ba
obamelang, ba ikamnanya le Mowa o o Boitshe-
po, ba ka nna ba phuthulogile ka kitso ya gore
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