Examples

Whether or not we realize it, each of us has within us the ability to set some kind of example for people. Knowing this, would you rather be the one known for being the one who encouraged others, or the one who inadvertently discouraged those around you? ~Josh Hinds

We are all teachers, whether we think we are or not. There is always someone watching us, looking at our lives and how we respond to situations. If you are a parent, your kids learn from you how to respond to life situations and often mirror that response. I have worked with teens for 17 years, and I know they do the same to me. We all need to look at ourselves and see if we respond or react when life challenges come about.

Every day you teach people about God. You may teach Truth or you may teach falsehood; either way you teach. You teach others that God is faithful or that he can’t be trusted, and you do that by reflecting faith in God, or by behaving as if he can’t be trusted.

We become teachers when we tell, show, reflect how God is working in our lives, and we become teachers when we respond, act, walk as if Jesus himself were living through us. By watching you, others will see what “Christ in you” looks like in another human being.

You need to know God’s Word before you can teach it through study or by living it. By hearing, reading, studying, memorizing, and meditating on the words of Christ, they’ll take root in your heart, and this will make you wise.

God’s wisdom over conventional wisdom – Too often we look to the world’s conventional wisdom when we’re seeking answers, yet the Truth is found only in God’s wisdom.

When others look at your life what do they see? Love, acceptance, joy, peace or hate, judgement, unrest, and chaos. You are an open book to each person you come in contact with; what are they reading about you?

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11

So let the peace that comes from Christ control your thoughts. And be grateful.
Let the message about Christ completely fill your lives, while you use all your wisdom to teach and instruct each other. With thankful hearts, sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. Whatever you say or do should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, as you give thanks to God the Father because of him. Colossians 3:15b-17

And the Scriptures were written to teach and encourage us by giving us hope. Romans 15:4