As a working person, I find it extremely useful to ask for God's help before I go to work. Since my first job as an education assistant, I've asked it to guide me in teaching the kids, especially the difficult ones. Even when I was doing a temporary job as a membership assistant in the back office of California Fitness, I didn't abandon this routine. I really needed Him to help me, as I'm not computer-savvy.
It goes without saying that I still do so now that I'm a full-time tutor. The effects are noticeable when I do and vice-versa. I had forgotten to do so for one of my lessons and I treated the secondary student as a primary student instead! On the contrary, I didn't blow my top and was calm within when a lesson with one of the primary students wasn't as smooth as usual.
Basically, prayer guides me in meeting the needs of the students, because that's really the main focus for me. I ask God to lead me as I follow, during the lesson. I ask Him to make me His instrument to them and offer up the lessons for His glory as well.
I can actually allow them to talk about their troubles instead of doing work and that's not a waste of time to me. It really improves their oral expression but more importantly, I don't believe in forcing them to do work when their minds are preoccupied with other things. They'll not absorb anything in the process and that'll REALLY be a waste of time. That's what prayer does for me.
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