Sovereign God, in Whom we live, move, and have our being, we humbly ask that You cleanse our hearts, renew our spirits, transform our minds, and purify our thoughts and desires. You, Who created us in Your own image, Who designed us for shalom, and destined us for greatness not measured by what we possess,
Gracious God, we thank you for the life we have in you. We thank you that you lead us, guide us, and empower us though the grace of the Holy Spirit, to share the good news of Jesus Christ. Lord, as we read this text, we are once again reminded of your power to transform—of
Almighty God, thank you for giving us wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. Thank you for creating us with the intellectual capacity to think, speak, and process information. Thank you for providing the resources to attend college through scholarships, grants, and financial aid. Thank you for blessing parents and guardians with the income to help their children
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to
Dear God, as we commit ourselves to prayer in expectation of the year ahead, we lift our thoughts to our college students, campus pastors, campus ministries and those who stand in the gap for young people across the globe. We enter into our prayer with the understanding that we have power given to us through
God of All Creation, we praise you for who you are and how you reveal your character to us throughout your Word and our lives. We pray you will bring order into chaos throughout our ministries as you did during creation. We pray we will be instruments of order in the lives of the college
Gracious and loving God, we do indeed thank you that your love and peace is beyond our understanding. May we continue to understand more of that love everyday and may we recognize your love and presence on college campuses throughout the world. May we not just know your love for us, but be transformed by
Loving God, we pray for campus ministries all across this nation. We ask you to transform groups into communities and communities into tabernacles of your spirit. We pray for college students to get a taste of what it means to be “encouraged in heart” and “united in love,” like never before. We ask you to
Tremendous & Mysterious God, you inaugurate the mission of salvation in the life and presence of the Eternal Word, Jesus Christ, who carries your gospel to us: redemption, justice, liberation, wholeness, perfection, reconciliation, justification, more than we can ask or imagine. And wondrously and inexplicably and unreservedly you have named us as graceful co-workers on
Great and precious Lord of all, you alone are our source of strength and peace. You produce growth and spiritual fruit in our lives and in the lives of our students. What a great privilege it is to represent you to so many young leaders for your kingdom and your church. We can never thank
Precious Lord, on this, your day, we find ourselves once again caught between the images painted in your Scripture. We know we are an obstinate people who walk in ways that are not good and find ourselves pursuing our own imaginations. Yet we are also people who count on your promise to create something very