{"id":2320,"date":"2010-03-17T07:50:26","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T12:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=2320"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:33:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:33:28","slug":"teacher-acrostic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/teacher-acrostic.htm","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Acrostic – What’s in Your Heart?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAs water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart. (Prov. 27:19)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Applied to teachers, Proverbs 27:19 would say, “so a teacher’s heart reflects the teacher.”<\/span><\/p>\n

As teachers, we need to do the right things, but our hearts<\/a> need to be right as well.\u00a0 “All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the Lord weighs the heart” (Prov. 21:2).<\/span><\/p>\n

Teacher Acrostic of Traits that ought to be in a Teacher’s Heart<\/h2>\n

T<\/span><\/strong>eachable Heart\u00a0 (attentive, listens, observes)<\/p>\n

Prov. 10:8; 22:17; 23:12; 24:32<\/span><\/p>\n

E<\/span><\/strong>nlightened Heart\u00a0\u00a0(wise, discerning)<\/p>\n

Prov. 15:14; 16:21; 23:15<\/span><\/p>\n

A<\/span><\/strong>ligned Heart\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(walks in truth; trusts in God, not self)<\/p>\n

Ps. 86:11; Prov. 3:5-6<\/span><\/p>\n

C<\/span><\/strong>aring Heart\u00a0 (loves, compassionate)<\/p>\n

Prov. 3:3; 1 Pet. 1:22<\/span><\/p>\n

H<\/span><\/strong>umble Heart\u00a0\u00a0 (not proud)<\/p>\n

Ps. 51:17; 131:1<\/span><\/p>\n

E<\/span><\/strong>arnest Heart\u00a0 (sincere)<\/p>\n

Col. 3:22;\u00a0 Heb. 10:22<\/span><\/p>\n

R<\/span><\/strong>ighteous Heart\u00a0\u00a0 (pure, maintains integrity)<\/p>\n

Ps. 15:1-2; 51:10; 119:80<\/span><\/p>\n

S<\/span><\/strong>teadfast\u00a0\u00a0 (firmly established)<\/p>\n

Ps. 57:7; 112:7<\/span><\/p>\n

What’s in Your Heart?<\/h2>\n

Remember, “a teacher’s heart reflects the teacher.”<\/p>\n

So, what’s in your heart?<\/p>\n

To answer that questions, start by praying something similar to the following verses:<\/p>\n

Test me, O Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind.\u00a0 (Ps. 26:2)<\/span><\/p>\n

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. (Ps. 139:23)<\/span><\/p>\n

Then get specific in your prayers about each of the heart conditions in the above acrostic, particularly in how it relates to your teaching.\u00a0 Ask:<\/p>\n