{"id":1313,"date":"2009-10-06T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=1313"},"modified":"2026-07-24T09:35:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:35:51","slug":"teaching-feelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/teaching-feelings.htm","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Feel About Teaching?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve already started a teacher training session with a circle response activity<\/a> wherein I asked everyone to communicate in one word or noise how they felt about teaching.\u00a0 Replies ranged from “ugh” to excited.\u00a0 What I discovered is that responses often stemmed out of one of the following:<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0 how they were gifted<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0 how they were recruited<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0 how they perceived God would use them<\/p>\n

How They Were Gifted:<\/strong>\u00a0 If a person did not have the gift of teaching<\/a>, exhortation<\/a>, prophecy<\/a>, or perhaps pastor<\/a>, they tended to feel insecure, afraid of failing, and frustrated.\u00a0 However, those who had these gifts, especially the gift of teaching, tended to find themselves with a renewable energy that converted into an excitement and passion about teaching.<\/p>\n

How They Were Recruited:<\/strong>\u00a0 If arm-twisted into teaching or made to feel guilty if they didn’t, more times than not, even if spiritually gifted to teach, they tended to lack enthusiasm and even begrudged the time they had to invest into teaching.\u00a0 If nabbed in the parking lot, they tended to have a low view of their role.\u00a0 However, those who were approached in a serious manner and were given time to pray about their decision, tended to perceive teaching with more of a priority and sense of purpose.\u00a0 They tended to be more enthused and willing to invest time and effort into it.<\/p>\n

How They Perceived God Would Use Them:<\/strong>\u00a0 If just doing their time with hopes something good might come out of it, they tended to display some apathy, having a spiritual lethargy.\u00a0 However, if they truly believed that God would use them to make a difference in people’s lives, trusting God to not let His Word return void (Isa. 55:11),<\/span> they tended to find joy and have a sense of\u00a0anticipation every time they entered the classroom.
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The PowerPoint Presentation, Rediscovering the Joy of Teaching<\/a>, addresses this point, showing how JOY comes through an anticipation of what Jesus will do through you as you invest into other\u00a0people’s lives, keeping a proper perspective of your place and purpose in teaching.<\/p>\n

If the needle on the gauge of your feelings toward teaching is pointing more toward “ugh” rather than excitement, perhaps\u00a0 this resource is for you.\u00a0 It can be used by individual teachers or in a group.\u00a0 You do not need to have the PowerPoint program on your computer if you download Microsoft’s free viewer.<\/p>\n

What Do We Do About these Feelings about Teaching?<\/h2>\n

For those of you who are in leadership<\/em>, remember these points as you recruit.\u00a0 Look for people who are spiritually gifted to teach.\u00a0\u00a0Take great care in the way you recruit people that you are communicating the importance of the task.\u00a0 And, be sure to emphasize the ultimate purpose and potential of them teaching.<\/p>\n

For those of you being sought after to teach<\/em>, look for your best fit in ministry based on your spiritual gifts.\u00a0 Do not let someone pressure you into teaching without spending time in prayer.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Know if\u00a0it is something GOD wants you to do.\u00a0 If it is, depend on Him to use you to make a difference in people’s lives.<\/p>\n

For those of you already teaching who do not feel very good about it<\/em>, trust God to work through you, even if teaching is not your best fit or if you are not doing it for the right reasons because of how you were recruited.\u00a0 Work toward a better fit in ministry when the time is right.\u00a0 It is about God’s will and timing, which could be a temporary placement in teaching.<\/p>\n

For those of you already teaching who do feel good about it<\/em>, praise the Lord yet be careful.\u00a0 Stay alert, standing firm in the Lord and His mighty power.\u00a0 The enemy is like a roaring lion looking for those he can devour.\u00a0 All that he must do is to rob you of your joy to render you less effective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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