How important it is as teachers of children to remember to lean on God as our wonderful counselor! Have you ever felt a divine prompting to change the lesson at the last minute? As a Good News Club teacher or children’s church teacher, sometimes it can just feel easier to stick to the curriculum! But that’s not what happened in this story!

Click below to listen as our director, Emily Ramsdell, shares about how God prompted her to change the lesson at the last minute one day. Wasn’t she glad she did!

“I’m still moved to tears when I think about that day… My heavenly Father, he knew. Truly he is our wonderful counselor.”

“Have you ever stopped and wondered about the impact your teaching has had on the children you taught? For many of us, it will not be until we get to Heaven that we truly know the outcome of our ministry. And really, God is just calling us to be faithful. To be faithful in our personal study of the Word, to be faithful in our lesson preparations, and to be faithful to share the truth of God’s Word with the children. And we are to leave the results with Him.”

Listen below as our director, Emily Ramsdell, shares about trusting the impact results of our ministry to the Lord in “the sweet by and by.”

In the Sweet By and By lyrics by Alabama

In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore
In the sweet by and by
Oh, we shall meet on that beautiful shore

There’s a land that is fairer than day
And by faith we can see it a-far
For the Father waits over the way
To prepare us a dwelling place there

In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore
In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore

We shall sing on that beautiful shore
The melodious songs of the blessed
And their spirits shall sorrow no more
Not a sigh for the blessings of rest

To our bountiful Father above
We will offer our tribute of praise
For the glorious gift of His love
And the blessings that hallow our days

In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore

(Repeat 8x)