The Book Of John John 7:40-45

for educators
When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This really is the Prophet.” Others said,
“This is the Christ.” But some said, “Is the Christ to come from Galilee? Has not the Scripture said
that the Christ comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was? So there was a division among
the people over Him. Some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one laid hands on Him. The officers
then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?

There’s a Word for that! Gentleness

My favorite part of this Scripture is “against such things there is no law!” What school community
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wouldn’t want educators who displayed the Fruit of the Spirit?

Galatians 5:22-23 - But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
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Dear Heavenly Father,

Your ways are not our ways. Your thoughts are
not our thoughts. Only You can display the Fruit
of the Spirit within us. Lord help us to love the
unlovables, have joy in adversity, experience
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peace in difficult times in school, display

goodness, kindness and gentleness to the
students and our colleagues with Your help. Lord,
thank You for Your patience. Teach us how to be
more patient at school. Give us a double portion
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of self-control, please, each new day. Finally, help

us to be faithful to You first and to our school
community next. Thank You for beautiful ways.
We ask in the gracious name of Jesus. Amen.
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Meditation for the month

2 Timothy 1:6- 8 - For God did gave us not a spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Prayer, posture and Practicalities

1:16 PM prayer prompt – Please pray for patience in today’s stressful situations.

Prayer Calendar – Action Step #3– Create a digital calendar for a month. Add pictures of your
students to each day. If you are a secondary teacher, add pictures of your students who are
#iamachristianeducator

most needy. Seeing their face before praying adds a whole lot of heart to the prayer.
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