Sovereignty Christian Psychology

22/06/2026

17/06/2026

We welcome our new psychologist: Louis Sullivan.
adolescents (12+) and adults
Treating issues including but not limited to:
anxiety,
depression,
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
those navigating life transitions,
women in the antenatal period
parents adjusting to the early stages of family life.
(available opening up soon to take new clients)

Then see
https://www.sovereigntypsychology.com.au/louis-sullivan

10/05/2026

Life is glorious but it can really hard at times. In counselling I see people with chronic pain that can be debilitating, employment losses for unjust reasons, relationship estrangement, exes who have be selfish and controlling, parents who were absent and alcoholic, trauma histories, struggles with making sure their kids are okay, churches that are frustrating and longing for love while coping with past sexual abuse. There is hope and joy in the present but also ever present suffering, shame and disappointments. The bible acknowledges and validates these realities and points us to the reality of heaven. While the present earthly life is hard, it is only temporary compared to all our existence. Most of our existence will be in heaven, which to make an understatement, will be a lot better.

This verse uses the word “glory”. The Bible regular mentions that we are ‘in Christ’. Roman 6:4 mentions union with Christ. So it is not just that our Lord is glorified in a way that is disconnected from the life of the individual Christian. But also in a real way we too participate in his glory too. While as a Christian you may have lead a humble life or a life that didn’t meet your own unrealistic high expectations, in Christ you can feel great. Not in your own greatness, but in the greatness of what Christ did and will do including when he returns. So to praise and Glorify God is not just praising, someone unconnected and removed from our own Christian existence.

So it is not wrong to affirm and believe that you will experience being glorified and given honour. This isn’t false arrogance. It isn’t that you are better than any other Christian—for it is the reality of all Christians too. It is what happens when you are in Christ: we will be glorified for eternity.

So much of psychology is about helping client have hope: to think positive despite present difficulties.
I can’t think a greater reason, that is in touch with reality, than focussing on heaven. Thinking on this can help us change from negative thinking to a more positive thinking about our lives..

This verse (Romans 8:18) and others like them (eg 2 Corinthians 4:17-18; 1 Peter 1:6-7, 4:13; Philippians 3:20-21) give you real reasons to think positive about your life.

04/05/2026

Will God bless you in this life? Will things be okay?

Not an easy question, is it? Not to be ungrateful, deny the good things we have, but what about the things we desperately wanted but God never allowed us to have? The broken dreams never to be realised? What about the prayers for healing that never happened and loved ones died? What about believers living with chronic medical conditions? What about the broken marriages, or those forever unfulfilled as a single or ongoing estrangement from loved ones? What about those believers living overseas in war zones experiencing famine?

I think it is plain obvious that a lot of the things we long for in this life, we will never get.

We can, in this life, get a lot of good things.
In the Lord’s prayer we pray “your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”, so I think it is okay to pray for sensible financial peace, good health, good relationship and reasonable success in our endeavours.

So often if not usually we get so much of what we pray and seek, but not everything.

We can point to miracles, how after praying co-incidence happen, things just work out well. We are pointed to good medical care, we find a good job or have good experiences with loved ones. As Christians we can point to so many times we know God works out good in our lives and those we know. However, not always.

But God in these verses does not just say, God will give us some or more than non-believers, but it seems to indicate all, at least the really important things, God will give to us.

In this life, no matter how you cut it or rationalise it, it just doesn’t add up. To be honest not in this life. There are just too many important things believers miss out on. Believers can get a lot out of this life, but not enough to come close to fulfilling this verse.

The only way, I think these verses make sense, and other like them is if you take into account that this life is not all there is.

I Corinthians 15:19
If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
The KJV has If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

But this life isn’t all there is.
There is an afterlife too where what we lack in this life will be fulfilled for us in the long run.

Psychological counselling is about changing our thinking from being hopeless to being more positive.

I can’t think of a better way to give true hope and have a realistically positive outlook on life, than to live with a heavenly perspective in this life.

27/04/2026

20/04/2026

https://www.sovereigntypsychology.com.au/ethos-of-integration-of-christianity-and-psychology.

https://www.biblicalcounselling.org.au/accredited-biblical-counsellors-1.