God’s great love: His goodness, grace, mercy, and forgiveness demonstrated through Jesus, compels humans to respond in grateful worship and to lay down their lives for others. 1John 3:16
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away… And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:8,13
“Christian education and teaching redemptively requires us to create an atmosphere of grace in which our students can breathe the life-giving air of the gospel”
Graham, 2009, p. 7
Living a life of love
Communicate Christ’s redemptive love through knowing your students. This will include:
- Remembering names: taking the time to know your students, as unique individuals, who are dearly loved by God.
- Noticing students: being attentive to their unique qualities, interests, and histories.
- Forgiveness: extending grace and understanding when mistakes occur.
- Valuing work: recognising their efforts and the detail of their work.
- Affording dignity: treating everyone with respect, including teachers who learn from their students.
- Gently holding accountable: encouraging growth while maintaining kindness.
- Giving time with a listening ear: being present and actively listening to your students.
As the teacher models and lives out a life of worship, they avoid measuring students against personal biases, priorities, or agendas. Instead, they remain faithful to God, allowing students the freedom to flourish and learn as they participate in worship.
Here are some tools to help your students consider what it means to be in relationship with, and love others.
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