This devotion / prayer time is especially for those who are to be able to teach – elders, pastor, Sunday school teachers. Jason led us at an elders meeting a couple of weeks ago and it was encouraging to hear the responses it produced.

Each person in the group is assigned a verse from Colossians 1.15-29, with the instruction, “Given a few minutes preparation time, briefly explain the verse and tell how you would teach it to others.” Note that there are two important parts – the content and the method.

As one might expect, the methods varied with the content and with the ‘teacher.’ Some suggested a study technique (e.g. what does it say, what does it mean, how does it apply?) which would work for most verses. Some had specific method ideas for their verse – understanding the context, citing other related verses, studying the pronouns.

Each person had worked independently in their short preparation time, but it was interesting and uplifting to hear the brief presentations allude to prior verses and methods as we moved around the room.