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Bible teachers don’t need an actual classroom to teach. There are many truths teachers can share with their students through a variety of means that apply to all situations. Particularly think of messages people need to hear right now that give opportunity to teach about God’s character.

What Messages Do People Need to Hear?

Here are three messages people need to hear right know that give Bible teachers opportunity to teach about God’s character:

1) God cares.

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. (1 Pet. 5:7)

Also: Matthew 6:25-34; 10:28-31

What this teaches: God is love. (1 Jn. 4:16)

2) God is aware.

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. (Heb. 4:13)

Also: Psalm 139:1-18

What this teaches: God sees and knows all. (Prov. 15:3; Rom. 11:33)

3) God is enough.

My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. (2 Cor. 12:9)

Also: Psalm 34:8-10; 46:1-3

What this teaches: God is all-powerful yet full of grace and mercy. (Phil. 4:19)

How Bible Teachers can Share these Messages

If teaching in a classroom or small group setting digitally or in-person, weave these truths throughout the lesson. Don’t just communicate Bibles stories but get to the God behind the story. You can look at any passage in the Word and ask, “What does this teach us about God?

If not formally teaching in a classroom setting, you can still teach these truths through a variety of means.

• Incorporate them into e-mails, texts, social media posts, etc..
• Send a series of three postcards or note cards through the postal service, maybe one a week, each containing one of the above messages.
• Copy the image in this post into an e-mail and send it to your students with a personal note from you about it. (You have permission to use the above image in that way.)

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Through the years people have been willing to die rather than worship other gods. Consider Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego who said,

If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up. (Dan. 3:17-18)

Would you do the same? What about your students? What will it take to get to that point in our worship of God?

Teaching Students to Worship Must Be About More than the Act of Worshiping

If you want worshiping God to be such a priority in your students’ lives, then you need to help them get beyond the mere act of worshiping. The following acrostic provides the kind of perspective and heart attitudes to promote when teaching students to worship.

W – Wholehearted

Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. (Ps. 103:1)

O – Ongoing

I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. (Ps. 34:1)

R – Reverential

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. (Heb. 12:28-29)

S – Sacrificial

offer your bodies as a living sacrifice … this is your true and proper worship (Rom. 12:1)

H – Humble

Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. (Ps. 95:6-7)

I – Indebted

Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them? or from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. (Rom. 11:35-12:1)

P – Personal

Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. (Ps. 95:6-7)

This acrostic of the word ‘worship’ is included in the Sowing Good into Our Lives Discipleship Acrostics resource that emphasizes the good motives, attitudes, and other traits that need to be sown into what we might consider “Christian activities” so we’re like that good tree that bears good fruit (Matt. 7:17).

More Resources to Teach about Worshiping:

• Children Learn to Worship Curriculum
• The Truth about Worship Discussion Guides

Serving is about more than what we do. It begins in the heart with our attitudes and motivations.

Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. (Prov. 4:23)

A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart. (Lk. 6:45)

So, teach about serving with a focus on what’s inside so what comes out in ministry will be aligned with God.

Teach Students that Serving Flows from the Inside Out

In teaching students to serve, focus on the traits that describe how we should serve from the heart. Point them to Jesus (Phil. 2:5-8) who came to serve rather than be served (Matt. 20:28).

Acquaint students with these traits using the acrostic in the Sowing Good into Our Lives resource.

When serving flows from the inside out, you’ll have students who are more willing to go the extra mile. And, they’ll be less likely to give up.

When teaching about relationships we should help people learn to relate with one another in healthy, godly ways. The best relationships align with God’s design for us. Dysfunctional relationships come when we step out of God’s boundaries.

Traits Needed to Relate in Ways that Lead to Healthy Relationships

Bible teachers who desire to disciple their students toward healthy relationships should emphasize the traits God put in place as guideposts and safeguards.  Help people learn to build relationships on the right foundation.

You can use the acrostic in the Sowing Good into Our Lives resource as a tool to disciple students on traits foundational to healthy relationships.

Since our relationships can greatly impact our lives, Bible teachers would do well to help their students understand the benefits of building relationships on the biblical foundation of these traits.