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Identify one or two practical ways you can help prepare your students for the struggles they’ll face in the world.
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I can share my own experiences and help them learn they can depend on God through every situation they face.
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We can spend more time in scripture. It is so easy to have students look up Bible verse on a device like an iPad, but actually spending time in a physical Bible, studying scripture, spending time memorizing and applying scripture will help to prepare students for whatever life brings them.
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I share personal stories with my students and I will continue doing so. I will also keep them aware of the attacks on Christian philosophy and prepare them with biblical quotes and prepare them for the what is coming.
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As we life in the world but not of the world, we face many struggles. I start by identifying with my students as they share their struggles, affirming their issues. From a practical perspective, I will offer nuggets of truth, but I’ll also listen and direct students back to wrestling things through with God – walking their own sanctification journey. I also model prayer.
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I think being honest with them is key. I was fortunate to have older men in my life who were very honest about the difficulty of “real world” adulthood. I want to do the same thing for my students: prepare them with realistic expectations about what life is like and what will be required of them to live well.