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The Holy Spirit is a teacher. He will prompt the Mowa o tla falosa ditiro tsa bone go tsamaisana
counsellor to remember the teachings of Christ le dithuto tsa tshiamo tsa Beibele” (Tan, 1999).
and also bring the counsellor to remember key Lekwalo la Bagalata 5:22-23 le kaa fa Mowa o o
issues which need to be recalled about their Boitshepo o tlisa maungo a Mowa oa e leng: lo-
counselling clients. The Holy Spirit will also rato, boitumelo, kagiso, bopelotelele, bopelont-
take the things learned from psychology and le, molemo, boikanyego, bonolo le boitshwaro.
teach the counsellor how to translate them into Mo-cousellor yo o tladitsweng ke Mowa o o
a higher realm of spiritual insight. Specifically, if Boitshepo ka jalo, o tla nna le gone go tlotloma-
counsellors are Spirit filled, He will teach them la ka maungo ano mme maungo a iponatse mo
how to take what was learned about human de- kgolaganonga ya gagwe le mosenka-thuso. Tan
velopment, mental illness, diagnosis, and coun- (1999) o ne e tswelela pele ka gore mo-coun-
selling techniques to a new higher level. sellor o tshwanetswe ke go nna le tekatekanyo
magareng ga maatla, nnete, le maungo go re
When the Holy Spirit is functioning in the mind a nne le ditlamorago tse di gaisang. “Maatla a
of the counsellor He is functioning in the mind a senang nnete a ka tlisa go sa ikanyege. Mme
of the client. In John 16:8 Jesus says, “And when maatla a a itshetlegileng mo nneteng ya Beibele
he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and e bile a tsetsepetse go lerato le le jaaka la Kere-
of righteousness, and of judgment”. As the coun- ste, a ka gorosa ntshafalo, le go fola go go boteng
sellor compassionately and lovingly confronts ga matshelo a a robegileng” www.fullerstudio.
fuller.edu
the client with the circumstances that brought Mowa o o Boitshepo ke moruti. O tla thusa mo-
them for counselling, the counsellor can rely on counsellor go gopola dithuto tsa Kereste, a bo a
the Holy Spirit to create uncomfortable levels of dira gore mo-counsellor a gakologelwe dilo tsa
tension within them that will motivate them to botlhokwa tse o tshwanetseng ke go di itse ka ga
make the redemptive changes Jesus wants them mosenka-thuso wa gagwe. Mowa o o Boitshepo
to make to find the needed healing and deliver- o tla thusa gape mo-counsellor go tsaa tse a di
ance. ithutileng kwa dithutong tsa psychology le gore
a ka di amanya jang mo tekatekong ya se-mowa.
During counselling sessions, counsellors can Totatota, fa mo-counsellor a tletse ka Mowa o o
count on the Holy Spirit to give them the in- Boitshepo, Mowa o tla mo thusa go tsaa tseo a
ner strength necessary to tolerate increasingly se ithutileng ka ga go gola ga batho, malwetse
intense levels of stress created by clients’ con- a tlhaloganyo, go a sekaseka, le go neelana ka
flicting attempts to simultaneously escape from counselling, le go tsaa kitso eo, a e tlhatlosetsa
and deal with their spiritual and emotional kwa maeomong a a kwa godimo.
pain. Allowing the Holy Spirit to help build to- Ka nako eo Mowa o o Boitshepo o dirang mo
lerance for rising levels of tension when facing tlhaloganyong ya mo-counsellor, o dira gape
difficult counselling moments, will make coun- mo tlhaloganyong ya mosenka-thuso. Mo go
sellors more effective. http://enrichmentjour- Johane 16:8 Jeso o rile: “Fa a sena go tla, o tlaa
nal.ag.org/201003/201003_028_christ-cent.cfm lemosa lefatshe boleo le tshiamo le katlholo”.
Counsellors are to constantly remind clients to Fa mo-cousellor a ntse a tsweletse ka go leba-
also seek the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and ganyana le mosenka-thuso ka kutlwelobotlho-
be Spirit filled in order to receive God’s healing, ko ka ga marara ao a mo tlisisitseng go senka
restoration and blessings. Clients are to be re- counselling, mo-counsellor a ka ikanyega mo
minded that the Holy Spirit is our consoler who go Mowa o o Boitshepo go tsenya kgagamalo
is here to talk to and share our burden with, help go ene [mosenka-thuso], e e tla rotloetsang di-
soothe their grief and comfort. The Holy Spirit phethogo tse di falosang tseo Jeso a batlang ba
is concerned about what is going on in people’s di dire go bona go pholosiwa, pholo le kgololo-
lives and wants to help them make it through sego.
the difficult times. The Holy Spirit is also an ad- Mo nakong ya counselling, mo-counsellor
vocate who pleads people’s cases before the Fa- a ka ikanyega mo go Mowa o o Boitshepo go
ther. As a comforter, He understands all human mo neela maatla a ka mo teng, a a maleba go
ka emelelana ke dikgogakgogano le mathata
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