{"id":10458,"date":"2013-06-19T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=10458"},"modified":"2025-08-11T16:27:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T20:27:51","slug":"teachers-helper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/teachers-helper.htm","title":{"rendered":"Just a Teacher’s Helper? Ouch!"},"content":{"rendered":"

When members of the church body say, “I’m just a …” it is suggesting that they are unimportant or at least not as important as someone else.<\/p>\n

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\"Bible<\/p>\n

In this case the person might be saying,<\/p>\n

“I’m not as important as a teacher. He\/she is doing what really matters, what truly counts\u00a0for eternity.”<\/p>\n

Ouch!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Here’s why the perception hurts:<\/h2>\n

Think about the heart of God who designed the church to be interdependent, meaning that each person is needed and important (1 Cor. 12:18-27<\/span>). Do you really think God made a mistake with you? How that perception must grieve Him!<\/p>\n

Think about what is being taught, the life-changing Word of God (2 Tim. 3:16-17<\/span>). If you aren’t pouring yourself wholeheartedly into this ministry because you are just a teacher’s helper, will students receive the best learning experience they could? That potentially can hurt the spiritual growth of students.<\/p>\n

Think about teachers without a teacher’s helper trying to minister to more students than they can adequately attend to, having to sometimes zero in on individual issues or details that causes them to lose the attention of the remainder of the class. This can hurt their effectiveness.<\/p>\n

How Teacher’s Helpers Benefit the Teaching-Learning Process<\/h2>\n

People who make good teacher’s helpers often have the spiritual gift of helps<\/a>. They are used by God to assist in ways that free teachers up to focus their attention on actual teaching. Teacher’s helpers have a vital role in the teaching-learning process!<\/p>\n