Have you ever heard someone else’s testimony and suddenly thought:
If God can move there… maybe He can move here, too.
That’s one of the gifts of Christian community.
We don’t gather simply because we’re supposed to.
We gather because sometimes my faith needs your testimony—and your faith may need mine.
Testimony Builds Expectation
Recently, a teacher in the Kingdom Educators Collective was facing a difficult situation with a young student who had experienced significant trauma.
Our group prayed, believing God could move even in what felt impossible.
Mark 9:23 says:
“If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”
The next day, the teacher shared an encouraging change: the child was engaging in healthy interactions and speaking in full sentences.
We celebrated what she was seeing.
But the testimony did something beyond that particular classroom.
It encouraged the rest of us to believe again, too.
That’s part of the power of testimony.
When I hear what God has done in your life, I begin looking at the difficult places in mine differently.
When Your Own Expectation Feels Tired
There are seasons when believing feels easier than others.
Sometimes you’ve prayed for a long time.
Circumstances haven’t changed as quickly as you hoped.
You’re tired.
Or what you’re seeing seems to contradict what you’ve been believing.
Those are often the moments when we need one another.
Hebrews 10:24–25 tells believers to consider how we can stir one another up toward love and good works, encouraging one another as we gather.
Christian community isn’t meant to be passive.
We stir one another.
We pray.
We speak truth.
We remind each other who God is.
And we tell each other what we’ve seen Him do.
Psalm 66:16 says:
“Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for my soul.”
What Are We Expecting?
Teachers can become accustomed to expecting certain things.
That student will probably respond this way.
This class is always difficult.
That conversation won’t go well.
Nothing is going to change.
Sometimes experience quietly trains our expectation.
But what if we invited Jesus into those expectations?
Not denying reality.
Not pretending difficult situations aren’t difficult.
But asking:
“Jesus, what are You doing here?”
“What are You inviting me to believe?”
“How can I partner with You?”
That’s part of what it means to Teach Connected.
We aren’t manufacturing outcomes or trying to force God to act according to our plans.
We’re remaining connected to Him, listening for His wisdom, praying with expectation, and watching for what He’s doing.
Don’t Forget to Tell the Story
And when you see Him move?
Tell somebody.
Tell the teacher down the hall.
Tell your prayer group.
Tell your family.
Share it with your Christian educator community.
Because the answer to your prayer may become encouragement for someone else’s.
The breakthrough you witnessed with a student may help another teacher pray differently tomorrow.
The provision you experienced may remind someone else that God sees them.
The peace Jesus gave you in an impossible situation may strengthen someone who is walking through one now.
Your testimony doesn’t have to be dramatic to be worth telling.
We need reminders that God is present in ordinary classrooms and ordinary lives.
So here’s your Teach Connected practice this week:
Remember → Tell → Expect
Remember: What has God done?
Tell: Who could be encouraged by hearing it?
Expect: Where are you asking Him to move again?
Let’s become educators who don’t just remember God’s faithfulness privately.
Let’s stir one another’s faith.
Something new is coming…
I’ve been thinking deeply about what it actually means to live connected to Jesus—not just during quiet time, but in classrooms, conversations, decisions, difficult student situations, and ordinary school days.
And that’s where we’re headed in the upcoming season of the Kingdom Educators Podcast:
How Do I Teach Connected?
Stay close. The podcast trailer is coming soon.