The Spirit of Counsel

Everyone was created by Godfor a purpose, maintains Martin Israel. The human responsibility isto seek to grow in spirituality in orderto discover the identity and purpose God intended. How isthispossible, and how can others be helped and guided?

The Holy Spirit is central in the work of the counsellor, explains the author. The spirit of counsel imparts power and instruction to those in need, and it is the primary function of the counsellorto be open to God in prayer so that the word that releases his clients from the bondage of fear and invidious past attitudes may be uttered definitively and with authority!

Martin Israel has been described by the Church Timesas ‘one of the most sought-after spiritual guides in this country. In The Spirit of Counsel, he explores sensitively and incisively ‘the way in which spiritual understanding can relieve the burdens of the perplexed soul and lead it to its full rest in God’.