Who’s teaching you and what are you learning?
Pause and Reflect: Who, in your life, has been your greatest life teacher/influencer? What impact has this person had in your life? What person or people do you hope to impact with your life?
Scripture: “I remember your genuine faith, for you share the faith that first filled your grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice. And I know that same faith continues strong in you” 2 Timothy 1:5 NLT
Scriptural Insights: There has been much research to show that you become like those you spend the most time with. In this passage, the apostle Paul acknowledges the impact that Timothy’s mother and grandmother, Eunice and Lois, had upon forming the faith the apostle Paul mentions his student Timothy exhibits. Later, Paul encourages Timothy to “Hold on to the pattern of wholesome teaching” and to “Guard the precious truth that has been entrusted to you.” 2 Timothy 1:13-14 NLT
So, we begin to understand, through Paul’s writing in 2 Timothy, the importance of those who teach us, those we allow in our inner circle, and those who we give our ear to and spend time with. You may be out of school and no longer a student in a formal classroom, but you still remain in the world’s classroom daily, so who are you allowing to teach you?
1 Corinthians 15: 33 “Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.”
Prayer Points:
Pray for teachers in every setting and students in every formal or informal classroom.
- Pray for Godly teachers to exert more impact over students than teachers who dismiss the reality of Christ.
- Pray for teachers outside of Christ to encounter Christ through their colleagues who are in Christ, and pray for these encounters to occur on a regular basis.
- Pray for safe classrooms for all teachers, students, and school employees.
Pray for Students in every formal or informal setting.
- Pray that the hearts of students will be protected when they encounter false teachings.
- Pray for Godly influence through teachers, school employees, school friends, families, parents, churches, and any other adults or children students may encounter on a daily basis.
- Pray for a particular school or a student you know directly or indirectly.
Pray for Outreach Groups:
- Pray for our Bible Study teachers that they will discern truth and accurately convey God’s Word as they lead Bible Studies across our nation and in other nations.
- Pray for more Bible Study leaders to come forth and begin new Bible Studies.
- Ask God to show you someone you can mentor or pray for as they grow in their faith through Christ.