Focus on Reproduction, Mentor's Guide, MG12

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churches were planted in the oikos of the city in question. The dynamism of this concept is clearly seen in such a record, and deserves some discussion with the students.

4 Page 93 Make sure that you spend time in your sessions in prayer. Lead by example in this. While it may not be an integral part of many seminary and Bible school training regimens in the classroom, our desire is to model the spiritual nature of intellectual work. Therefore, never consider it an overly familiar or unnecessary thing to ask the students if they need prayer for someone or something connected to the ideas and truths presented in the lesson. Prayer is a wonderfully practical and helpful way to apply truth; by taking specific needs to God in light of a truth, the students can solidify those ideas in their soul, and receive back from the Lord the answers they need in order to be sustained in the midst of their ministries. Of course, everything is somehow dependent on the amount of time you have in your session, and how you have organized it. Still, prayer is a forceful and potent part of any spiritual encounter and teaching, and if you can, it should always have its place, even if it is a short summary prayer of what God has taught us, and a determination to live out its implications as the Holy Spirit teaches us. These articles are of particular usefulness on the power of penetrating networks of relationships which may be virtually impenetrable from the outside. God is doing unique things today in winning people within frameworks of relationships in very difficult fields. These ideas are somewhat controversial but highly important for discussion and understanding within the class. 5 Page 94

Counseling and Prayer

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