Closing Thought

Please note Jesus did not say, “Blessed are you if you KNOW you should be a compassionate servant.” He did not say, “Blessed are you if you TEACH people how to have a servant’s heart.” He did not even say, “Blessed are you if you PRACTICE being a servant to help PREPARE to be a compassionate servant.” He said, “Blessed are you if YOU DO THE THINGS I HAVE SHOWN YOU TO DO. FOLLOW MY EXAMPLE.” My prayer for you and me as teachers of the Word is that we will follow His example.

Application

Be prepared to share your three application activities with your mentor.

1. Define what it means to you if you share a passion for God’s Word with your students. Specifically describe the indicators in your life and the lessons that reveal to your students that you are a passionate servant of Christ.

2. Review the ways you can share your servant heart with your students. List at least three tangible ways that would be easy for you to demonstrate compassion. Tell why they would be easy for you. Select one listed way that would be difficult for you and explain the difficulty. Finally, describe one way that was not mentioned and explain it in more detail.

3. Identify one or two people in your life who have shared their compassion and servant’s heart with you and/or others. Write one of them a letter thanking him or her for the gift to you and specifically describe what it meant to you.

Journaling

Consider some of the following when journaling:
• One idea, Bible verse, or story that made an impression on me today was…
• A new idea I encountered today is…
• One thing that made me uncomfortable today was…
• The prayer I most want to pray right now is…

Discussion Guide for Mentor and Participant

Be prepared to discuss the following with your mentor.

1. Give a copy of your responses to the first and second application activities to your mentor before you meet.

2. Share with your mentor why you teach or why you will teach in light of this lesson. Ask your mentor to tell why he or she teaches.