What better way to encourage and train teachers than to use God’s Word. The following verses could be used as part of a teacher training session such as a previous post, Circle Response Teacher Training.
Or you can use these verses to send by e-mail, post on a Facebook page or other social media platform for your teachers, or put them in a note card. You could distribute these verses one by one, maybe posing a question or adding a word of encouragement, or as a whole. You could encourage your teachers to use them in a devotional time, meditating on the Scripture as it relates to their teaching.
- Bible Teaching is a Special Divine Empowerment (Rom. 12:6-7; 1 Pet. 4:10)
- Bible Teaching is an Awesome Responsibility (James 3:1; 2 Tim. 2:15)
- Bible Teaching Demands Accuracy (Matt. 5:19; 2 Tim. 2:15; 4:2; Titus 2:1)
- Bible Teaching Must Keep the Word Central (Matt. 28:18-20; Rom. 15:4; 1 Tim. 1:5-7; 2 Tim. 3:16-17)
- Bible Teaching Requires Reliance on the Holy Spirit (Jn. 14:26; Gal. 5:22-23)
- Bible Teaching Must Equal Bible Living (Rom. 2:19-21; 1 Cor. 4:17; James 1:22)
- Bible Teaching Must be Fueled by Prayer (Prov. 3:5-6; Eph. 1:16; 3:16-19; Col. 1:9-12; 1 Thess. 1:2; 2 Thess. 1:3; James 1:5)
- Bible Teaching has an Important Objective (Matt. 28:19-20; Eph. 4:11-13; 2 Tim. 2:2; 3:16-17)
- Bible Teaching Requires a Good Dose of Humility (Jn. 13:14-15: Gal. 6:6)
- Bible Teaching Requires Ongoing Growth in the Teacher (Deut. 6:6-7; Matt. 10:24; Lk. 6:40; Phil. 3:12-14; Col. 3:16)
Click on the links above to look at each of the points about Bible teaching, giving some questions or statements to pass on to your teachers.