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Let’s get Personal…

Take some time on the following page (or a separate piece of paper) to create your life map. Use drawings
and text to represent significant life events. Add as many details as possible. Look back at the list of people,
places, and events you made earlier in this lesson. Think of how they have influenced who you are today. We
will refer back to this map throughout the course, so add as many details as you can. Take time on this
lesson. If we were on campus, this assignment would require time and thought. The more details you include
here, the more this will help with future sections of this course.

To be effective at Biblical counseling, it is essential to understand who you are in Christ and why you are the
person you are (personality traits, temperament, thoughts, interests, likes, dislikes, skills, etc.) Knowing
yourself impacts those you help! By the end of this course, you will understand more about who you are as
well as how people around you function.

To refer back to Biblical Counseling I: “If we are to be of any real help to others, we must first learn to preach
the gospel to ourselves as our own means of help. We can only deliver to others what we have first received”
(1 Corinthians 15:3, 2 Corinthians 1:4, Hebrews 4:14-16).

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