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Many schools are filled with high levels of anxiety and trauma - due to increases in school violence, students' lack of respect for others and classroom interruptions during instruction. Teachers face unprecedented challenges in the classroom: students’ mental health struggles, students’ learning loss from remote learning caused by Covid-19, and so much more. Teachers also face real-life personal issues just like everyone else and these burdens don’t disappear when they go to work. At school ...
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Prayercast: Students Who Are Hurting From Life Challenges And Grieving The Loss Of Loved Ones
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Are you feeling like you just need one more cup of coffee, a perfect night's sleep, or an extra day off? Teachers everywhere can fall into the trap of thinking they can power through stress by pushing themselves harder. What if the key to feeling recharged isn't just about squeezing more into your already overflowing plate? Maybe God has a differen…
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Prayercast: For Special Needs Educators, Receptionists, And Security Personnel
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Think of each and every child in your classroom: what piece of God’s heart sits there as the children take their seats? Seeing children as pieces of God’s heart is such a powerful and humbling vision. The call to teach is a sacred calling, and this sacredness flows from the connection our gift has to children. God cherishes His children, and in car…
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Prayercast: EOY Testing And Schools Under State Control Or On Probation
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Waiting is probably more frustrating than receiving a clear, firm “no” from God because you can cry about a no for a time and begin the healing process toward closure. The key to waiting well is to realize that God knows best and constantly affirm his good intentions in your mind and heart. That becomes hard when we get stuck rooting for what we wa…
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Prayercast: Permanent Teacher Vacancies to be Filled and Substitute Teachers
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So often we dwell on the past and worry about the future. Each day has promise and opportunity that is made up of moments. Remember to take some time to be present in the here and now. Everything that happens today is important, so enjoy the journey of the next 24 hours and know that God has a role for you to play in His master plan. Maybe this day…
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Prayercast: Summer Plans - Students Will Have Constructive Activities To Do, Food And Make Good/Healthy Choices/Decisions
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Every day. Every day, you walk through the doors of the school and into your classroom. You walk in with your dreams, disillusionment, joys, and heartaches. You hug your students at the door; you see your colleagues in a meeting; you connect with parents after school. You walk past people in your school each day and wonder if anyone sees you. The r…
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Prayercast: Administrators To Make Wise Decisions Concerning Next Year’s Plans/Staffing, Wisdom About What To Keep And What To Cut In Finalizing Next Year’s Budgets
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A teacher sits at his/her desk at the end of the day. It is one of those days that didn’t go according to plan. Nothing seems to go right. We often write these days off as a loss, but God, through His grace and mercy, can redeem them. There is no such thing as a lost day if we take time to see it through the lens of thankfulness. Instead of focusin…
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Prayercast: Apathy, Resignation/Defeat At End Of The School Year In Students/Staff And Finishing Strong Against Negative Self-fulfilling Prophecy
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If God had His way with your schedule, what would your day look like? What would be included? What would be omitted? God has an ordained plan for each day of your life that He wants to reveal to you. Unfortunately, we often get caught up in the “busyness” and challenges of the day and miss that quiet whisper of God telling us to slow down or shift …
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Prayercast: Report Card Conferences And Student Retention
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Greetings! Time management is a phrase that produces an emotional response in teachers. We struggle with feelings of guilt and wrestle with tension between our work and personal lives. Can we really manage time? Let’s face it, time moves on no matter what we do. We can’t make it slow down, go faster, or stop. At the beginning of the school year, we…
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Praying For Peace & Safety: Ending Disrespectful & Dangerous Behavior In Schools & Communities
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We are the Champions! When we started our race in Christ, we were promised the victory. Lean into that incredible reality as a Christian teacher. Every race has a finish line, and you are guaranteed the victory by our God if you don’t give up. The resurrection of Christ has already won the race for you and has claimed a place for you in the winner’…
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Teachers’ Prayer For Spring Break And Preparation For End Of Year Tests
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In his humanity, Christ did not want to run the race the Father had set for Him. In the Garden of Gethsemane, he calls outright to God to take the task of dying on the cross away from Him. But the fact that Christ got off His knees and accepted His race shows us that supernatural faith wins, despite moments of human weakness. It is true that Christ…
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Prayercast For Teachers: Overcoming Observations, Walk-Throughs, And Burnout
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Prayer is a powerful method of communicating with God, and during times of prayer, God can and does communicate with the one praying. The Holy Bible is the Word of God by which God communicates with us and is the standard by which we should test our plans and actions. Christian communication with God in prayer is a necessity. Pray in every situatio…
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School Prayer: Teacher Observations, Educational Leaders And Teacher Contracts
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Greetings! A theme in Psalm 91 is abiding in God's presence. To abide is to remain in the presence of God. To remain in prayer is to continue walking in a prayerful spirit. To continue walking by faith and not by sight. To continue in God's presence. Tonight, Teachers Who Pray will continue to abide in God’s presence with intentional prayers for te…
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Faithful Foundations: Inviting The Holy Spirit Into Our Schools Everyday
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Greetings! As Christian teachers, we must continually invite the power of the Holy Spirit into every situation of our professional practice, including the day-to-day activities in our classrooms. Often, we attempt to fix a situation ourselves, instead of engaging the power of the ultimate fixer, God. We are called to pray, go and serve. Using the A…
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Teachers Who Pray: Weekly Prayer On Student Incarceration, Students' Christ-Centered Life, Home Situations, And School Supplies
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Greetings! Our students need us to make praying for them a priority. The varying life disruptions that students encounter have reached unprecedented frequency. Prayer is the catalyst for navigating students of our future world toward God. Using the Adoration Confession Thanksgiving Supplication (ACTS) Prayer Model, this week's Supplication prayer w…
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Who Pray: Weekly Pray Call On Lawlessness/Criminal Activity In Communities By Students, Mental Health Issues-Teachers/Students And Seasonal Affective Depression/SAD
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The environment and climate necessary for effective teaching and learning is increasingly undermined by a culture of chaos such as laziness, lies, stealing, bullying, vandalism, unruliness, intolerance and other forms of school-based violence. Educators experience substantially higher rates of depression than the overall population. Teaching is con…
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Teachers Who Pray: Weekly Pray Call For New Teachers, Teachers Filling Vacancies, New Schedules And New Students
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Greetings! Prayer is necessary in all seasons; and nothing is more proper than to call upon the Lord. No matter what distress we are in, there’s nothing to be afraid of as long as we pray and rely on God. Recalling that Daniel was cast into the lion’s den and that his three friends were thrown into the burning fiery furnace, they all came out safe …
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Prayer Call: Teachers Pray For High-Stakes Testing & Post-Break Challenges
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Step into a sanctuary of solace and supplication. Join us in a heartfelt journey of adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication, as we lift our voices in praise to the Magnificent Majesty above. This week, our prayer supplication focuses on crucial themes: High Stakes Testing, supporting teachers and students as they navigate challenges t…
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Prayer Focus: On Student Attendance, Holiday Travel, Family Aid, And Lawlessness
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"It's better to have a partner than go it alone. Share the work, share the wealth. And if one falls down, the other helps. But if there’s no one to help, tough! Two in a bed warm each other. Alone, you shiver all night. By yourself you’re unprotected. With a friend, you can face the worst. Can you round up a third? A three-stranded rope isn’t easil…
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Prayercast: Teachers Who Pray Weekly Intention: More Enlightened Disciplinarian Mindsets
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For this week’s intention of Teachers Who Pray, we ask for the Lord’s guidance on better disciplinarian mindsets. This is not only for the Dean of Students but most especially for novice educators and student teachers who are just starting their careers.
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Prayercast: Teachers’ Prayer Call For Kindness And Appropriate Attire
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As we, Christian teachers, undergo development within our prayer life, we become more engaged and alive with what God is doing. "Know ye that Lord is God. It is He that made us, and not we. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture." Psalm 100:3. The more we commune with God, the closer we get, thus enabling us to hear God's voice and making i…
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Prayercast: Teachers Who Pray Weekly Intentions: Report Card Pickup, Student Behavior, And School Supplies
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For this week’s Teachers Who Pray episode, we pray for more school supplies as education transitions even deeper to digital means and meaningful parent-teacher communication during report card pickup. We also pray for teachers and administrators to find new and effective ways to educate young people and better student behavior amid the rampant nega…
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Prayercast: Guidance For Teachers: Prayer For Special Education, Safety Officers, Safety Patrol, And Attendance During the Winter Holiday Season
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My purpose in writing is simply this: that you who believe in God’s Son will know beyond the shadow of a doubt that you have eternal life, the reality and not the illusion. And how bold and free we then become in his presence, freely asking according to his will, sure that he’s listening. If we’re confident that he’s listening, we know that what we…
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Prayercast: Prayer For Teachers: A Call To Pray For Parents Open House, New Systems Program, And New Curriculum Implementation
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Teachers are the people who shape the world through their students. It is through them that the next generation can lead us to transformations. That is why we need to pray for these nation builders just as Jesus repeatedly asked and prayed for God to be glorified. Today, we pray for the teachers in our lives. Prayer has the power to transform schoo…
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Prayercast: Teachers’ Prayer Call For Classroom Management, Lunchroom Protocol, And Restroom Procedures
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Teachers gain strength and wisdom from God through prayer. As Martin Luther once said, "To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing." In this week's prayer call, educators collectively focus their supplications on three crucial aspects: classroom management, lunchroom protocol, and restroom procedures. Re…
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Prayercast: Teachers’ Prayer Call For Superintendents, High Stakes Testing, Student Engagement, And Teacher Workloads
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Teachers, like all people, need consistent prayer in these days of unprecedented complexities. Praying nurtures your own spirituality, and it helps you in all areas of your profession. In this weekly prayer call for Teachers Who Pray, we focus our collective supplications on superintendents, high stakes testing, student engagement, and teacher work…
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Prayercast: Teachers Who Pray: For Teachers, Counselors, And Social Workers During Winter Holidays
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The use of prayer in our educational profession is likened to a guided missile that can be launched from anywhere on the face of the planet at any target. There is no defense against it. This week’s supplication prayers focus on teachers, counselors, social workers, and attendance during the winter holidays.…
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Prayercast: Teachers’ Prayer Call For Teacher Observations, Student Engagement, Kindness, And Appropriate Attire
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Did you know that 15 minutes of prayer uses only 1% of your daily 1,440 minutes? These minutes of prayer help you develop a relationship with God, provide answers and help you find God’s direction for your teaching professional practices. In this weekly teachers’ prayer call, we focus our supplications on teacher observations, student engagement, k…
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Prayercast: Prayer Power For Teachers: Lesson Plans, Content Understanding, And Scope And Sequence
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When teachers are praying for teachers, we are inviting the God of the Universe into our professional practices, classrooms and school buildings. Prayer changes us and those environments. Through prayer, we utilize the key to reaching our full teaching potential through Christ. We use the A.C.T.S. Prayer Model: Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving a…
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Prayercast: Moving Mountains With Faith: Praying Over Teacher Burnout, “Checked-Out’” Feelings Of Staff/Students, And Staff Turnover
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He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.” Matthew 17:20 ESV Faith-based teachers come together to move the mountains in academia. This week's Supplication…
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Prayercast: Teachers’ Prayer Call For Superintendents, Immigrants, Jewish Students And Teachers, And Sharing Our Faith During The Christmas Season
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We are called to pray, go, and serve. We do this by locking arms with other Christian educators. We are truly better together. This week, we are focusing our collective supplications on superintendents, immigrants/newcomers, Jewish students/teachers, mindsets/heart postures to be turned towards God, and opportunities to share our faith during the C…
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Prayercast: Teachers’ Prayer Call For Appropriate Technology Usage And Policy, Student Engagement And Attention, Positive And Product Mindsets
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Prayer is an important part of a teacher's daily professional preparation time. During these times of conversations with God, we receive instruction, revelations and guidance. For this weekly prayer call, we focus on appropriate technology usage and policy; engagement and attention; and positive/productive mindsets. Join us and let our supplication…
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