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In speaking to a brother who is studying pastoral counseling, he told me recently, that when trying to assess what is behind a person's problems ...
one of the best questions to ask them is "What bothers you most about other people?" ...
many times, he said, whatever they answer is often what they are struggling w/ themselves .... and should be one of the first issues in addressing in subsequent counseling.
For example, if they answer, "I can't stand impatient people" ...they will most likely be impatient themselves ....
Psychologists call this defense mechanism ... projection ...
I'm not saying all holiness preachers are doing this ... but I've seen my share of them that were dealing w/ flesh issues ... and so their ministry focus was on "flesh"
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