Prayers of a Teacher’s Heart
A Guide to Praying over Your Heart, Your Students, and Your School
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Have you ever thought about the impact you have on your students each and every day? We all have an impact on those around us, but as a teacher, that impact is even greater, especially on those 20-30 (or maybe way more) smiling faces we see every single day. Not only are we impacting their learning, but we are impacting their growth and development. We are modeling behaviors and attitudes that these children pick up on and then begin to apply in their own lives. Whether we know it or not, there are always little eyes watching us to learn about not only academics, but about life in general.
Think about your impact. How do you use it? Are you doing more than teaching content to your students? Is there education past the basic subjects and standards? Have you ever truly thought about the impact you make on your student’s lives? I bet you can think back and remember some of your teachers and the impact they made on your life. I know I can.
Teaching is a hard job full of lesson plans and testing and observations and conferences and so much more. But God gives us this amazing tool of prayer that we can use to communicate with Him. We can share our heart and listen to what He has for us and for the lives of those around us.
Whether you pray for your kids every single day without fail, you’ve never thought about praying for them, or if you're somewhere in between, like me, this prayer guide will take you through praying for yourself as a teacher, your students, and your school. There will also be little challenges along the way to make you think deeper about your students and your job, and help you acknowledge areas where you need more support. As you move through the next few weeks you will begin to grow in your capacity to pray and love on your students. That’s what teaching is all about, right, learning and growing?
I pray this guide fills you with strength and power as you step into your classroom each day. I hope it overwhelms you with compassion for your students, seeing them in a new light, in God’s eyes, as a chosen group of children just for you. I hope this prayer guide makes a difference in the way you teach and the way students learn in your classroom.
I am praying for you on this journey and can’t wait to hear how God uses you, your students, and your school over these next few weeks.
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Teachers, do you pray for your students? Your classroom? Your school? Have you tried but find yourself with no idea where to start or feeling overwhelmed by the process?
Prayers of a Teacher’s Heart guides you through praying over your students, the people in your school, and your own heart as you teach your students academics and so much more on a daily basis. Author Hannah England seeks to help you deepen and strengthen your love for your job and for your students by praying for, uplifting, and encouraging the people who make up your school community. Cover your heart, school, classroom, and students with prayer over the next few months, remembering that God has placed each one of your students with you for a reason and that you have the opportunity to impact hundreds of lives each year.
This nine-week devotional for teachers serves as a guide to praying over your heart, your school, and the students whose lives you touch each and every day.
About the Author
Hannah Brooke England, wife and dog mama of two, is a third grade teacher passionate about the social emotional well-being of both teachers and students. She holds a bachelor’s degree in K–5 general and special education from the University of North Georgia, a master’s degree in gifted education from the University of Georgia, and has earned her endorsements in reading, gifted, and ESOL. Hannah shares her heart for loving, learning, and leading each day.