Hi Peeps: Today's Quote For God

I show God as often as I can how grateful I am for the wonderful relationships I have the honor of being a part of (Including great friends, a loving girlfriend, my fellow students and faculty members, teammates, etc.) and for my family situation - though it is nowheres near ideal - I am glad everyone is safe, sound, and closer than ever before. An area that I often find myself struggling in is selfishness. I often neglect my family responsibilities for convinces to my self, causing a greater burden on my siblings and parents in the process. I want to ask God to grant me the motivation, wisdom, and determination to be a better "brother for others" within my home. An area where I wish to improve is in my academic motivation for Junior year, where I feel I am lacking. I will strive to do my best during the remainder of the school year, as I am certain God's caring hand follows me

No matter what my background and the struggles I have in life, I can use all experience as motivation and relevant opportunities to assist in teaching others. In the midst of preaching and teaching, I learned that I must always seek to make learning relevant by using real-life scenarios and illustrations. Not only that, but I must go the extra mile to ensure that I create lessons and sermons connecting with learning modalities. Moreover, I should strive to always include reluctant learnings in every learning opportunity and not single-out students because of their

always taught me that 'if you do your best, God will do the rest'. I am confident that if I strive to be the

As a teacher, I have seen students who are gifted; students who can hear information once and it sticks. I have also seen students who become frustrated or apathetic; students who think they can’t do something or choose not to do something because it poses a challenge to them. Having just completed my second year of teaching middle school and high school English, I reflect on this past school year and am reminded that I have chosen a challenging career, but those challenges are miniscule when compared to how fulfilling it is to see a student truly excel. As a teacher, nothing is more gratifying than coming across a student who is motivated; a student who isn’t afraid to put in the work to reach his goals; and a student who not only shows academic excellence, but pushes himself to be the best he can be as a son, an older brother, a member of his community, a volunteer, and a captain of the soccer team. That student is Trevor Fancher.

Each person has to demonstrate what they are doing and have learned with the lessons and talent given to them by God. Each day is an opportunity to give and share this knowledge.

Live in your unique abilities to learn, love, grow and share God's grace and mercy with others to complete your God given assignments. Do not give up on doing all the good you are to accomplish in your work and charity. Your life's story should paint that picture of your face, not my face.

I am a firm believer in God and every Sunday that I go to church I figure out something new about life that will help me progress daily. I strongly believe that the way we think can affect our outcome and they way we feel. By having a positive mindset and blocking out the negativity there will be more positivity to come my way. Everyday, I am reminded to not let the circumstances of life stop me fulfilling my purpose. Since my mind isn’t down in the gutter this will also help me think about my dreams that I want to come true. My thinking and experiences pushes me to advance, finish my original dreams, and to create new

None of us were expected to do anything great in life - or so we thought until we met our middle school teacher, Ms. Livingston, notorious for assigning “mountains” of homework. Despite the limited resources available, she pushed her students to strive for excellence. Ms. Livingston picked a handful of her top students including me to mentor. She made us apply to private schools, helped with test and interview preparation and guided us throughout the process. After months of hard work, I was accepted into Friends Seminary, one of the most rigorous private schools in Manhattan..

Weekly Encourager: God has given each of us certain gifts, talents, and abilities that we must make sure we are being faithful with; using them to honor Him. You must use your abilities and talents that you have been given so that they do not tarnish. Make sure that you are using your gifts diligently to benefit your students, which will, in turn, benefit you!

This being the case, he was somewhat shocked when a simple recounting of these events and his desire to enter youth ministry yielded him a job opportunity while still in school. Now, Sean spends his Wednesday evenings at Cedar Road Missionary Church, leading a small youth group comprised of 6-12th graders. Honestly, he admits that the task is intimidating. Not only are a few of the students just a shade under his own age, making the assumption of authority somewhat difficult, he is tasked with the job of coming up with lessons which are applicable to the lives of students in various stages of maturity in both a practical and spiritual

On a frigid afternoon junior year, Mr. Richmond, my beloved high school theatre teacher, changed my life. Lecture days in theatre class typically invited sighs from our energetic class of predominantly kinesthetic learners. On this particular day, Mr. Richmond announced he would be lecturing and the class energy dropped, as was to be expected. Nothing average occurred past that point, though. Our teacher proceeded to pass out a one-page handout that would impact me forever: a page of remarkable quotes on passion. As Mr. Richmond spoke, I scanned the handout. Toward the bottom, I found my all-time favorite quote. Gabrielle Berstein said, “Allow your passion to become your purpose and it will one day become your profession.” I suddenly found an articulate explanation of my innermost desire: to live purposefully. I still refer to the quote in times when I feel lost. Mr. Richmond’s lecture helped me acknowledge my passion for helping autism-spectrum kids in addition to theatre; and Berstein’s quote enabled me to articulate and follow my dreams.

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The children/youth had great ambitions and goals for their future. Therefore, I encouraged them to keep God in their life and to obey their parents, teachers, and their leaders. Therefore, being obedient is valuable, and it will take them a long way in life, and help them to become successful. However, some stated they wanted to play different sports; others wanted to become doctors, and lawyers. I replied always keep God first in your life; whatever your dreams always seek the Lord and He will direct your path. They were encouraged and they were determined to do their part, and to depend on the Lord to bring it to pass. The younger children had great expectations too. They wanted to be teachers, doctors, and nurses. They also said; I can do all things through Christ which strengthened me.

My philosophy of teaching is deeply rooted in nurturing the potential each and every student in my classes. Providing a creative environment that allows self assessment, growth, group interaction and mentorship are at its very core. Having taught in Higher Education for many years, and as an instructor of Media Arts and Animation, and Game Design, I have had the amazing opportunity to work with some of the brightest and creative young professionals. Teaching has not only broadened my love of art and exploration, but my determination to help students that do not have the confidence to persevere through their education, yet have the passion to follow their dreams.

Reflect His attributes of goodness, I have seen this worked out in my life through the giving of my time. This is probably the most tangible way to measure my personal reflection of God 's goodness. When I was younger, whenever I was asked what areas of my life could be improved, I always said I was lazy regarding my faith. Since then I have grown and volunteer at church