Mark Butler

Family Life

You have to have done your homework in the gospel area as well as you have in your discipline. You can’t draw from an empty well. And so what we do in our private faith and devotion is so imperative. An essential preparation for teaching is to make sure that the Spirit is in your home, before you come to class. In my experience, we carry the Spirit from home to work. Some days, a few extra minutes spent at home, getting your heart right there, doing what you need to do for there to be love at home, will be the most important preparation for teaching by the Spirit.