INTRODUCTION
TRANSFORMING LOVE
“…not by works…”
(Ephesians 2:9).
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| YADA IS TO "KNOW" INTIMATELY |
“Oneness” happens when God joins our
spirit with his Spirit (Romans 8:16). Once joined, we become “one spirit” with
him (1 Corinthians 6:17).There is no greater intimacy than this.
What this indicates is that a
person can now have a personal, first-hand knowledge of God. This kind of
knowing is different from a collection of information you possess about somebody
or that comes from second-hand knowledge.
It’s the kind of “knowing” gained
from experiencing the person first-hand or by spending a colossal amount of
time with them. Jesus demonstrated that kind of covenant relationship with his
Father and said, “…the Father knows me and I know the
Father…” (John
10:15).
Relationships are work. The most
important Christian task is working on the relationship with God and getting to
know him.
“...This is eternal life that
they might know thee, the only True God and Jesus Christ, whom God has sent…”
(John 17:3). Also, "This is the work of God, that you believe in
Him whom He has sent." (John 6:30). It’s hard to believe in
someone you don’t know .
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| ONENESS - YOU AND GOD'S SPIRIT |
Jesus didn’t say he and his Father
were close, but he said they were “one.” Close implies a nearness to, but “one”
implies a single unity or an undivided whole. In Hebrew, oneness (echadh) defines a “unity” perhaps unique only to the one true God
(Deuteronomy 6:4) yet God allows humans, through faith in Christ, to experience
it. You can also say, “… I and the
Father are one…” like Jesus (John 10:10).
If “oneness” is unique to God, then “oneness”
is Holy. This Holy “oneness” is the joining of man’s spirit and God’s Spirit
until only God’s Word alone can cut it asunder (Hebrew 4:12)
What God joins together, “…let no man separate…” (Matthew 10:9). Oneness,
therefore, informs us why covenants are meant to be unbreakable; except by
death. It is a holy spiritual bond. Therefore, you are meant to experience and
enjoy an oneness relationship with God through Christ that’s unbreakable,
except by death.
Jesus was our example of the YADA
relationship. We are to come to “know” God so well through the oneness covenant
relationship that we can say at some point, “…Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father…”
(John 14:9b).
I started a YADA counseling ministry
that helps strengthened the oneness, covenant-relationship between Christ and
the Believer. YADA
therapy is a spiritual form of therapy in which the counselor and client work
on a strengthening the Covenant-relationship – just like you would work on a
marriage - with God through Christ.
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| YADA COUNSELLING = A HELPING HAND |
The
Counselor works together with the client/believer through his/her relationship
with God in Christ in order to discover what the key issues are and to begin
addressing those issues in light of the finished work of Christ on the cross in
practical and transforming ways.
Prayer
is also offered by the counselor to invite the Holy Spirit into the session and
to help the client/believer to form a unified bond with God as primary issues
and concerns are discussed.
Problems
and concerns are acknowledged in order to discover God’s provisions to meet those
needs. YADA counselling uses a spiritual approach in which the counselor helps
the client/believer with the covenant-relationship with God.
This
is done by enhancing one’s understanding of how beliefs, feelings, interest,
self-identity, and thoughts, outside of God’s holy requirements, can negatively
impact an individual’s Christ-likeness. Especially, as it relates to their responses
to life’s issues and concerns.
Hopefully
the client/believer will learn about his or her perceptions that don’t line up
with biblical truths or the finished work of Christ. In addition, they will be
able to see how distorted/sinful thinking impacts how he or she reacts to
life’s issues and concerns.
These
issues and concerns are usually rooted in the past thought processes and are revealed
through an individual’s continual behavior patterns and speech patterns
pre-salvation.
YADA
therapy is based on the finished work of Christ on the cross and aids in
authentically becoming the “new creature” in Christ Jesus through real-life and
practical experience.
Hopefully
this book will help establish, renew, or strengthen a more unified relationship
with God within the body of Christ. It is my prayer this book will also help
you see how much God loves you. God’s love for you is not like any
other love you will ever experience and it is a love that is everlasting.
I will attempt to help you experience
a deeper YADA by showing how the relationship with God is the most important part
of your Christian journey or in fact, it “IS” the Christian journey.
God is already “one” with you. Therefore,
one of God’s goals is to draw you closer to him through his character, his
divine love, his Word, and through faith.
Becoming intimately acquainted with God’s character, love, Word, and faith will
help you truly “know” Him.
EXCERPT FROM TRANSFORMING LOVE
BY DR PENSACOLA HELENE JEFFERSON
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