Pray 40

What is Pray 40?

The “40” is a specific period of time to come together and pray as well as a reference to Isaiah 40, where God exhorts his people “’to prepare the way of the Lord’ and move to hope from despair, understanding from futility, and strength from weariness. This is our prayer for college students…that they would come to trust in the One true God and be strengthened to run the race before them”.

Whether you are a student, a campus minister, pastor, grandparent, or church leader – please join us and the 40 national leaders in campus ministry from 40 different organizations as we seek God’s face for our campuses.  How you participate is up to you – below are a few suggestions on how to incorporate Pray 40 into your daily quiet times or ministry programs.

Campus Ministers, staff, and those who minister to college students

• Pray with us
• Invite your students, student leaders, board members, and partnering churches to pray with us
• Sign up for a 24 hour period of continuous prayer within your ministry
• Teach about prayer in your ministry this fall or utilize the recorded teachings on prayer that we will release in the coming weeks at no cost to you

Students

• use Pray 40 to shape your daily devotional times around
• take a prayer a week to share with your small group and put the action into motion
• use the prayers in your leadership team meetings
• let God inspire you to create a work of art, song, or video from the prayer (& then share it on this site)

Local Pastors, Church Leaders, and Parents/Grandparents

• Pray with us using the daily prayers
• Invite your leadership team/Sunday School class/small group to join you
• Pray specifically for the campus ministers in your area, selecting one or two to whom you can actively lend support
• Make a donation to a campus ministry organization or staff member