About me

I am Jacob Ninan, in Bangalore, India. I am a Christian counsellor, writer, teacher and counselling trainer. From the time I was born again about 35 years ago, I have been involved in ministering to the others, while working in a secular capacity as an engineer. Now I have retired from that work and am able to devote more time to ministry. I have two master's degrees, one in engineering and the other in counselling and psychotherapy.

In my teenage years I gave up going to church, and went on to become atheistic, agnostic and confused during my college days. But Jesus reached out to me, forgave my sins and gave me a desire to obey and serve Him. I suddenly I found myself with a great longing to study the Bible and to pray. I started also to devour Christian books and listen to messages. But it wasn't all smooth going. I made many mistakes and went through several periods of discouragement, confusion and doubts. But God taught me many valuable lessons from my own mistakes and watching those of others. I became very active in the church with preaching, writing, editing, counselling and doing many mundane things. My greatest satisfaction was in helping people individually to deal with their problems.

Later on I realised that I could do better in counselling if I went through some formal training in counselling. I was able to do this both in terms of Biblical counselling and secular practices of psychotherapy. Now I am an accredited Christian counsellor.

You can read all my articles and other writings on this web site.

I like this song so much that I could call it my theme song. It's called "If I can help somebody." The words are like this:

If I can help somebody as I pass along.
If I can cheer somebody with a word or a song.
If I can show somebody they're traveling wrong, then my living shall not be in vain.
If I can do my duty as a Christian ought.
If I can bring back beauty to a world up wrought.
If I can spread love's message that the Master taught, then my living shall not be in vain.

You can hear Glen Payne sing this at YouTube

I am in my early sixties, and my wife and I have five grown up children and three grandchildren.

Jacob Ninan
Comfort & Counsel
69, Hutchins Main Road
Bangalore 560084
India
Email. jninan@c-n-c.org

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