Transforming America into the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth
By Thomas Lee Abshier, ND
5/08/2025
Counseling Program
- To be a Godly nation, a shining city on a hill, a pattern emulating the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth, the populace must be dedicated to transforming its heart, its character, and its moral perfection. To make that transformation, the people of the nation must recognize the need and desire it.
- As an RM.com policy, the ministry is dedicating effort toward establishing RM.com as a resource center for delivering training and facilitating the transformation of individuals and relationships.
Philosophy and Approach
- Focus on ensuring both individuals in relationships have their needs met
- View each person as “God living through that person.”
- Aim for each person to be satisfied in every interaction
- Require that each interaction isn’t complete until satisfaction is achieved
- Recognize that relationships built on satisfied segments create lasting happiness
- Create patterns where both parties learn behaviors that satisfy each other
- Emphasize that this only works with righteous needs, not selfish desires
- Apply John Adams’ principle that the Constitution “was made only for a moral and religious people.”
Methodology
- Directly instruct people on what to do, not just analyze problems
- Ask each person what would make them feel good in a specific interaction
- Have partners practice meeting each other’s expressed needs
- Provide immediate feedback on attempts
- Encourage starting over when interactions fail
- Teach couples to acknowledge each other’s feelings
- Help people establish new behaviors through “acting it out” if necessary
- Enable a “reset button” approach to relationship conflicts
Training System Development
- Create a school of counseling philosophy
- Record successful counseling sessions as teaching examples
- Use AI to analyze and systematize the approach
- Develop VR goggle technology for remote counseling
- Require counselors to be certified in the method before using the tools
- Make the program accessible through local counselors nationwide
- Train counselors to be direct about what works, not just theoretical
Personal Transformation
Moral Character Development
- Emphasize each person’s responsibility to transform their character
- Address foul language, mean-spiritedness, gossip, and victimhood mentality
- Help people move from complaining to gratitude
- Teach people how to enjoy life genuinely
- Focus on rehabilitation rather than maintenance of dysfunction
Physical Health Improvement
- Connect physical health to national health as a metaphor (leveraging Thomas’s medical credentials)
- Address poor nutrition and physical wellness as part of wholeness
- View the body as a model for understanding societal health
- Recognize that physical dysfunction contributes to national dysfunction
- Implement naturopathic approaches to physical wellness
Relationship Healing
- Use tools like “color therapy” to address past traumas
- Develop specific protocols for different relationship issues
- Help people learn to meet each other’s needs consistently
- Focus on creating new, healthier relationship patterns
- Teach people to express their needs clearly and respond to others’ needs
Spiritual Growth
- Create a “30 days to discipleship” program
- Move away from individualistic religion to relationship-based faith
- Emphasize that Christianity is about people relating to one another
- Share lives and solve problems together as a spiritual practice
- Define spiritual health as a key component of national health
Community and Church Involvement
Practical Examples of Effective Ministry
- Highlight examples like the renovated hotel ministry for former prostitutes.
- Support recovery programs with practical elements (like dental work)
- Emphasize church members visiting and building relationships with those in need
- Create systems where community members bring meals and spend time with those who are struggling
- Encourage direct, personal engagement between people with needs and those who can help
Shift from Government to Personal Charity
- Move away from impersonal government welfare administered by bureaucrats
- Transform the EBT/Section 8/Medicare approach to more personal solutions
- Allow people to direct their tax dollars to specific charities they care about
- Create a system where people can “buy change the world bars” rather than consumer goods
- Develop ways for people to invest in societal transformation
Comprehensive National Rehabilitation
Economic Health
- Recognize that productivity requires personal wellness
- Focus on building economic strength through personal transformation
- Create systems where economic productivity flows from personal rehabilitation
- Move away from consumerism toward meaningful economic contribution
- Establish financial health as one component of national wellness
Leadership Approach
- Frame the presidency as being the “father of the country” and “parental figure.”
- Take responsibility for the comprehensive rehabilitation of the nation
- Address all aspects of societal need, not just select priorities
- Delegate authority while maintaining a cohesive vision
- Stand firm against evil rather than attempting to negotiate with it
Organizational Structure
- Study successful models like Focus on the Family
- Develop layers of management and department heads
- Recruit dedicated individuals for specific roles
- Secure funding to support the expansion of initiatives
- Create a comprehensive structure to implement multiple programs simultaneously
Educational Approach
“30 Days to Discipleship” Program
- Provide direct, personal mentorship through the program
- Have transformed individuals guide others through the material
- Include videos, readings, and discussion questions
- Focus on practical life transformation, not just theory
- Create resources that can be widely distributed and implemented
Technology Integration
- Develop VR goggles for remote therapy sessions
- Create programs that counselors must be certified to use
- Make therapy accessible to those who cannot travel
- Use AI to help analyze and improve counseling techniques
- Implement technological solutions that extend personal connection rather than replace it
Media and Communication
- Record conversations about transformation for wider distribution
- Create visual aids like the image of a doctor with a stethoscope to the nation
- Develop ways to dramatize and demonstrate principles
- Use personal testimonies as teaching tools
- Emphasize the doctor’s perspective on national health
Through these comprehensive approaches, the goal is to transform America into a society where individuals are personally rehabilitated, actively caring for one another, living according to Christian principles, and functioning as healthy cells in the nation’s body.