"I have found that about 90 percent of the time, the problems people describe to me are not their real problems. Therefore the challenge in all preaching and counseling is to get to the bottom-line spiritual issue"--Jim Cymbala, Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, p. 127.
I believe that this is an important concept to keep in mind--both when we are attempting to help others, and when we are seeking help for ourselves. People always seek the easiest way to feel better. If they can appease their guilty consciences by meeting with someone to talk about a respectable sin (rather than the real sin) they will do it.
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