{"id":16922,"date":"2024-03-22T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trainbibleteachers.com\/blog\/?p=16922"},"modified":"2026-08-11T12:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:52:09","slug":"mid-week-teachers-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainbibleteachers.com\/blog\/mid-week-teachers-life.htm","title":{"rendered":"A Mid-Week Bible Club Teacher’s Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Gods<\/a>
\nSince a mid-week Bible club provides a good setting for discipleship, we obviously need disciple-making teachers. These are teachers who not only verbally teach about God’s purposes, design, and mission for the Church but whose lives model what it looks like to pursue these goals.<\/p>\n

Mid-Week Bible Club Teachers Are Also Disciples<\/h2>\n

Being a disciplemaker begins in our own hearts. Before being told to impress the commandments of God on their children, the Israelites were told, “these commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts” (Deut. 6:5-7). Before telling believers to “always be prepared to give an answer”, we read “in your hearts revere Christ as Lord” (1 Pet. 3:15). If we’re going to disciple others to know and love the Lord, it must start with us loving the Lord with all of our heart, soul, and mind, not just with the outward acts (Deut. 6:4; Matt. 22:37-40).<\/p>\n

When we’re teachable<\/a>, we model for our students that the Christian life is a continual growth process. None of us have arrived but rather keep pressing forward (Phil. 3:10-14). Only as we “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Pet. 3:16) will we keep from straying. Our lives can help students know this reality.<\/p>\n

Other Traits That Help Teachers in Mid-Week Programs<\/h2>\n

The passage referenced above from Deuteronomy 6 goes on to tell us how to make impressions on children. We reinforce what we say with what we do, using every opportunity we have to point children to the Lord both verbally and visually (Deut. 6:7-9). This speaks of the need for disciple-making teachers to be:<\/p>\n

enthusiastic<\/a> – the love in our hearts for God is so consuming of our whole being that it can’t help but spill over<\/em><\/div>\n
intentional<\/a> – not only looking for opportunities but also purposefully making opportunities<\/em><\/div>\n
flexible<\/a> – able to adapt wherever we are and in whatever we do<\/em><\/div>\n

These qualities will enable us to make the most of every opportunity (Eph. 5:16) whether in greeting students when they arrive, playing games, doing crafts, working on projects, or any other activity. We won’t be reliant on the lesson alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since a mid-week Bible club provides a good setting for discipleship, we obviously need disciple-making teachers. These are teachers who not only verbally teach about God’s purposes, design, and mission for the Church but whose lives model what it looks like to pursue these goals. . . . Continue reading A Mid-Week Bible Club Teacher’s Life<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mid-week"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t