Dear Lord, we pray for every teacher today, laying their needs at Your feet. The deep needs of students, physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual, have the potential to overtake the well-being of teachers. It is easy to focus on the interactions before us rather than Who You Are within us. Our responses to these difficulties often lead to sinful thoughts if not actions and each of us needs Your grace. We pray for salvation in the souls of those teachers who do not know You, and we pray for grace and peace for all.
We pray especially for Christian teachers to focus on the truth of Your character: nothing is honorable in all existence but You. We praise You for Your glorious might and purity. You alone are worthy of our highest regard. We pray for Your servants to lay their teaching duties before You. The temptations to look to personal effort are ever before us. Help us remember Your sovereignty and receive peace because You rule the entire universe and Your perfect plans are always accomplished. Evil never overcomes Your will. Keep our minds on the blessing of Your longsuffering character. You are never rashly angry toward us but You patiently endure our sin, giving us every opportunity to turn toward You. Let us similarly reflect Your character to our students and parents. Teach us also to embrace Your anger at sin which is against Your moral perfection and therefore must be punished. We praise You, Jesus, for suffering God’s wrath on the cross when we were the ones who deserved it. As we work, instruct us in Your righteousness that we may hate sin as You do. You alone are worthy of our worship. Lord, You are rightly jealous for Your people and we need Your guidance to keep our hearts turned toward You. Thank You for loving us with a jealous love, drawing us to Your perfection, when nothing else compares.
We pray for the teachers You have placed in schools as Your representatives, set apart to do Your will. Move our busy and distracted minds to focus on You. Administrative tasks are added to our endless to-do lists, but You call us to live a life of peace in the middle of the chaos. When we grasp even a portion of Your perfection, we are impacted by reverence and awe. Keep us close. Let us fellowship with You throughout each day, enjoying Your lavish gifts including every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, and enjoying our position as Your children.
Lord, remind us to plan our lessons with the weight of Your glory in mind. Guide our words so that we are reverent and set an example of the fear of God. Let us work through every task and human interaction showing You reverence by living lives of grace-driven self-control. Let these things create peace as we work on mission for Christ in our schools. In Jesus’ Name, I pray. Amen.
Eph 1:3-10; Phil 4;5,7,9; 1 Tim 3:8; Titus 2:2; Rev 5:12
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