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Running out of Teachings

I remember that when i was a young leader and have just began teaching the word of God, i had this fear in me. Because i haven't received that much teachings at that point of time, i found it difficult to teach whatever topic i thought should be taught to my flock. I was limited by the type and the number of teachings i had with me.

I also had this mentality that if i receive a good teaching from my leader, i should not anyhow use it as it was the only weapon i had. It was the trump card and i can't use it until absolutely necessary. I also should not freely share the teachings i had as they are my secret weapon. What if i run out of teachings and i end up having nothing to teach? Ha. That was the days i horde onto my old teachings. No one gets near!

I'm glad i've grown beyond that. A few observations about how things have evolved.

1) I hardly reuse teachings nowadays. I find it difficult to teach an unedited version of the teaching i taught a few months ago. In that few months, i should have and would have learned new things about the subject matter. In the few months, God would have given me more revelations about the subject and if it is still the same, i need to go back to my relationship with God.

2) If there is someone with me who would learn everything i teach them in my teachings, I'll be more then happy to share my teachings. It also means that i need to continually learn and receive new revelations myself.

3) Last time, when i was a young teacher, i received lots of help from other Christians as well. It was day and night of watching online sermons, sourcing for teachings from other teachers or spending money to buy books on the subject matter.

4) As i was being helped in the past, i want to help the younger teachers of the word as well. I've started to share my teachings online on my resource hub hoping that the teachings will find its way into blessing many more people beyond my group or sphere of influence. If i horde on to my teachings, it will only be stuck as a memory space in my hard disk.

5) My only request is that the teachers treat these lessons with respect and treasure them as many of them have brought about life change as a result of the word of God contained in them. The fact that i make them easily available does not mean that they are any less valuable and precious.

6) Can i encourage the more seasoned teachers to also share their teachings (free of charge!) God didn't charge you when he gave you the revelations to the word of God so why should you charge His people who are seeking and looking to learn more about God through you? I find it hard to swallow when i see people selling online transcripts of sermons and teachings. Its not like the church will topple without income from these transcripts or that the transcripts will earn millions anyway. Let's share freely about God's goodness!

Let's advance the Kingdom of God together.

Regards,

Jie Hui

Labels: Leadership

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Wednesday, September 03, 2008