Maintaining Learners Spiritual Growth.

 Maintaining Learners Spiritual Growth.

If you look up the word GROWTH on Google, it says, “The process of something becoming bigger.” Growth, any kind of growth, is vital, and growth is a process; it doesn’t just happen. In this week's blog we focus on how to maintain our learners spiritual growth; how do we encourage them to grow consistently?
Remember in Mark 10:13-16, “Let the children come to me.” In this text, Jesus doesn’t just welcome the children to him, but he blesses them too; this indicates that they are wanted, needed, loved, belong, and play a role in the Kingdom of God.

Maintaining Spiritual Growth.

• Jesus’ Love: We are to exude Jesus’ love, the same love he shows in the text Mark 10:13-16. We ought to be welcoming, warm, and accommodating. In this way we reflect Christ, and we encourage them to be Christ-like too.

 

• Delighting in God’s word: When teaching, we need to make our learners understand the importance of delighting in God’s word. WHY do we read the WORD? We hear from God, we learn from God, and God speaks through his word, and we LISTEN.

 
 

• They belong: We all want to belong; we all want to be part of something special, moreover kids. Remind them and make them understand that they too play a huge role in God's beautiful Kingdom. Make them understand that God delights in their presence and in their zeal for him and his kingdom. Make them understand that they are his.

 

• Teach from God’s word: How do we ensure they are spiritually healthy and fed if we don’t feed them the correct food? The only and best spiritual food comes from the word, and through teaching from the word, they hear from God; they get to know and understand him because he speaks to us through his word.

 
 

• Pray: Paul in 1 Thessalonians 5:17 instructs us to “pray without ceasing.” How often do we talk to God when we prepare for our lessons, for class, or even mention our kids to him? That’s rhetorical, but we ought to pray, pray, pray unceasingly. Make our petitions known to God; having a good and open relationship with God clears our minds and hearts and allows his peace to guard us. We are strengthened, encouraged, and renewed when we constantly talk with him.

 
 
Throughout his encounters, Christ displays complete love and compassion to those he interacts with; we as teachers ought to be like Christ. We need to encourage his Little Lambs to thirst for the word of God and seek his word diligently. Through complete love, delight in God’s word, and making them understand they are part of God’s wonderful kingdom. Christ retreats to pray in numerous encounters in the word; he prays for the church. Likewise, we ought to pray for his children, bringing them to him in prayer. Teaching from the word, the word of God, is the one absolute truth we have been blessed with; we ought to maximise this blessing constantly. The process of spiritual growth will be encouraged: “Bring them to me.” Mark 10:14.