“I am so tired of boring teachers and classes, I could just...”
Discover How You Can Be a Spirit-Anointed, Life-Giving Teacher, Every Time You Teach!
They were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. (Mark 1:22)
I
sat, riveted in my seat, eager to hear the next words from my teacher's
lips. He was painting a story. I was engrossed in it. It was so true to
life, so true to my life, I could see myself actually living it. I
could feel myself being changed as my life melded to the story, and the
story unfolded with me as a participant.
I want to be that kind of teacher, all the time. Can this skill be taught? Can it be learned? Absolutely,
and we are ready to teach it to you. I am passionate to share these
wonderful, simple principles of Spirit-anointed teaching with you.
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Watch Mark Virkler's 60-second introduction to this message.
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EVERYONE TEACHES: Parents, Pastors, Counselors...
 The
principles of Spirit-anointed teaching can be understood, practiced and
mastered by everyone. Become a better communicator by honoring these
key principles and watch your relationship with your children and your
spouse improve, as well as with your co-workers and friends. Sensing
another's heart, and speaking heart to heart, meeting that need as you
draw upon wisdom given by the Holy Spirit, is a skill we all want and
need.
Don't I just teach using the same methods my instructors did?
I guess that depends on how much you enjoyed their methods. The
preaching at the church I grew up in was so boring that I fell asleep
during most sermons. We attended because we had to. Same went for public
school. Outside of a couple of amazing teachers, who did make the
class-times incredibly interesting, most of the time I was bored silly
as I was pressured to memorize information to recite on tests.
I left high school and would never have gone to college if I hadn't
recently been saved, and wanted to receive an outstanding Bible
education. So I signed up for four more years of school. I had a couple
of wonderful professors who riveted my attention and captured my heart,
and the rest bored me to tears, with lists of things to memorize and
replicate on tests.
Our Gospel of John professor was amazing. He made the Bible stories come
alive by vividly painting the scenes as they would have unfolded in
Israel, complete with the attitudes of the Pharisees, the attitudes of
the crowds, and the attitudes of the Romans. We were there. We lived it.
I had never experienced that kind of instruction before. Wow!
I began teaching at age 15
At age 15, even though I had only been saved a few months, I was allowed
to teach the 5 and 6 year old children. I think they felt I couldn't do
too much damage with the 3 or 4 kids I had!
In college I worked as a youth pastor in a Wesleyan church of about 125
members. We worked hard at trying to make every session relevant and
meaningful to the kids' issues and lives and the Lord blessed our
efforts as our special events often drew more than 100 teens.
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Principle One – Meet Them Where They Are
Jesus met real life needs as He taught, preached and healed. He taught a
lot about money, faith, forgiveness, and what true righteousness is all
about and how it differs from simply cleaning up the outside.
Whenever I prepare, I always begin with the question, "Lord, where are
they at? What do they need to take a step forward in their life today?"
This makes all teaching completely relevant to life's needs. No esoteric
theology here. Just learning how to love, heal, believe, live in faith,
and overcome the adversary.
Principle Two – Know the Goal of Instruction
Obviously it is to learn information, right? Nope! The goal of instruction is clearly stated: “The goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith” (I
Timothy 1:5). Those are all heart realities! They don't focus on the
mind at all. They focus on the heart! Pretty unbelievable, until I
finally grasped that everything is about the condition of one's
heart. What we believe for in our hearts is what we end up
experiencing, simply because faith works (Matt. 9:29).
 Our
ability to minister healing is based on our ability to feel compassion
(Matt. 14:14). Creativity flows from the heart. Evil flows from the
heart. Out of the heart flow the issues of life (Prov. 4:23). Christ
dwells in my heart (Eph. 3:17). All nine manifestations of the Holy
Spirit as well as the nine fruit of the Spirit come from the Spirit who
resides in my heart (1 Cor. 12:7-11; Gal. 5:22-25). The flesh profits
nothing, only the Spirit (Jn. 6:63).
So perhaps focusing on the heart, and hearing and obeying God's voice
within our heart, is what will grant us the ability to succeed and
prosper in life (Deut. 28:1-14 KJV).
Principle Three – Let the Spirit Rule
I always prepare by asking, "Lord, what do You want to speak to
these people in this session?" I tune to flow. He tells me, and THAT is
the key message I communicate during our time together, either through
my delivery, or through questions and answers and guided interaction of
the students.
We ride the wave of the Spirit during the session. We always begin by
praying and asking the Spirit to speak to us, and we open our hearts and
our spirits to what He wants to say and do. How many times does this
simple prayer get missed before a worship or teaching or preaching
service?
Principle Four – Personal Knowledge
Scripturally speaking, knowing means
personally experiencing a revelation on the heart level, gaining
insight, choosing to honor and obey the principle being learned,
and asking the Holy Spirit to empower us to live it. Then we practice
the new skill, under the anointing and empowering of the Holy Spirit.
Finally, we report back to the group how it went.
What worked? What didn't? Where did I get stuck? Where did I experience
victory and transformation? My testimony inspires others in the group.
My questions help everyone clarify the issues in their own minds. We
answer our questions together. It doesn't need to only be me, the
instructor, who answers the question. I can reflect the question out to
the group and ask what they have found and experienced that resolved the
issue. If I ask for their experience, then I don't want their theology.
I want their experience. So I keep things on track by carefully
phrasing my questions, and then requiring adherence to the question on
the floor.
I know where the Spirit wants to take us. I know what He wants to
reveal. It can come from the hearts of the students. Can I draw it out
of them? It sure is more fun to get truth that way than through a
lecture!
Principle Five – No Silver Platters Allowed – Make Them Search Out the Answer
It
is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and the glory of kings to
search it out (Prov. 25:2). Don't you agree that something you searched
for and found yourself is so much more life-changing than something a
person told you? So I will assign verses, and say, "Meditate on these
Scriptures and come back and share what God says to you concerning them.
How is He asking you to apply them in your life, and how are you living
them out?"
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Then in our next gathering, students share
revelations one with another. They are not just talking off the top of
their heads and sharing ignorance, because they have spent a week
reflecting on the issue under the illumination of the Holy Spirit. They
are not getting a boring lecture. They are sharing revelations and how
they are implementing them in their own lives.
The skills we learn as teachers include: the skill of asking wise
questions, drawing shy students out, curtailing loud and rambunctious
students, and keeping the classroom discussion moving in a flow of
Spirit life. The more I practice doing this, the better I become.
What More Will I Learn in This Training Module?
The two books you meditate on throughout this course contain forty-three chapters of principles concerning ministering Spirit life. You will be amazed by what you discover!
Some of the things you will learn include:
- How does the Bible say we discover truth?
- Practically speaking, how do we "reason together with God" (Isa. 1:18)?
- What are the roles of the mind, the heart, and teaching in discovering truth?
- How can I utilize whole-brain learning plus include the heart?
- How can I inwardly posture myself so I teach with emotion, passion and anointing?
- What is the place of story in the learning process?
- How do I allow the Holy Spirit to be the primary Teacher?
- What is the balance between personal encounter and biblical literalism?
- How do I receive the modern day prophets' messages and not "stone" them?
- How does the set up of my room encourage Spirit-anointed interaction?
Pilate wanted to know "WHAT is truth?" (Jn. 18:37,38). Jesus had already
given the answer: "I AM TRUTH" (Jn. 14:6). Truth is not a what. Truth is a Person, and if we want to know Truth we must encounter that Person heart to heart.
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How much time should we invest learning to teach heart-to-heart rather than head-to-head?
Jesus
was the Master Teacher. The world has come to His doorstep for 2000
years. Let's learn to replicate His teaching style in our teaching
ministries. His way was different than the teachers of His day and it is
completely counter cultural to today's world. That is OK with me!
He taught with authority. He ministered in power. Humanity came to hear
Him teach and receive His ministry. Let's see this happen again through
our ministries. Let's take the time to learn to be a different kind of a
teacher. Let's learn to practice truth in the classroom as Jesus
did (His classrooms were on the streets), and through this to impact our
culture in a BIG way. I'm in; are you?
It is worth whatever amount of time we need to put in,
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train you in what we have discovered. If you will practice the
principles, you will become a better teacher. We guarantee it.
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