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January 18
Spiritual Culture - God, we humbly ask for your Holy Spirit to develop the mind of
Christ and clothe each student with the character of Christ.
A Teacher’s Prayer for His Students
Let this mind--this attitude--be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:
A willingness to pour yourself out for others--empty yourself as a sacrifice for the
needs of those around you. Deny yourself daily. Such a life will fill you and those you
serve with joy.
Be so controlled by the Spirit that you can’t walk by anyone with a need--emotional,
spiritual, even physical without responding. You can’t help yourself. Such a life
edifies--builds up--strengthens--those you help and fortifies your spiritual faith in His
desire--and ability--to use you for His glory.
Be committed to live such a life of obedient service for others no matter what--until
death. Such a life of loving obedience in all things fills you with a sense of His
presence--a sense of His faithful love toward you. “For me to live is Christ--and to
die, gain.”
Such a life of complete surrender to the Spirit lifts up the beauty of the Savior before
the eyes of men. And if He is lifted up . . .?
A Teacher’s Responsibility: to daily model such a life. Christianity, after all, is a
lifestyle.
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January 19
Co-Curricular Culture - Father, help WCS to provide quality options for students to
excel outside of the classroom through athletics, music, art and special interest
clubs.
God has given us all things—within the boundaries of His truth—to enjoy. He has
given some of us physical strength, agility, and endurance that we might enjoy and
pursue athletic excellence. He has given some of us voices that can harmonize
beautifully with other voices. He has given some of us the ability to take a musical
instrument and create glorious beauty. He has given some of us the ability to
create beauty with paint and brushes. Some of us can exhibit wondrous beauty and
emotion through the gift of dance. Some of us have been given the gift of immersing
ourselves into someone else’s character and through drama to express laughter and
tears and truth.
None of these gifts is superior to the others. They are all gifts given to us for our
enjoyment—and in many cases, for a lifetime of enjoyment. There has long been
a debate over whether such activities, and the discipline of doing such things well,
produces character or just reveals a person’s character. The reason for the debate
is obvious—these activities do both. That’s why the Spirit encourages us to
remember that in everything we do, we can—and should—do all to the glory of God.
We should in all things make the invisible God visible.
Proven character cannot be fully developed in just the walls of a classroom. We
must also provide opportunities for students to use and enjoy the gifts God has
given them—for His glory. He greatly desires that we do so.
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