pray for students

Pray for the students. This week and the past few weeks have reminded me of the important investment and incredible opportunity we have to love students. Every age from the very young to college age students are around us.

Choose to be an agent of change and strengthening. This could be words of encouragement or even some time well spent with students. Teach them at church. Shoot basketball with them. Go to summer camp as a counselor. Do something to impact the younger generation and support the ministries that work with them.

Graduations are happening or have happened. College students are moving in the work force or getting ready for more study. High school students are seeing opportunities for college, work or more years of study. And others are having the joy of summer and such.

Pray for these students. I found an article that encouraged us to pray in some certain ways for students. Use these as a guide:

Pray for students to have: strength (Phil 4:13), courage (Joshua 1:9), peace (Phil 4:6), provision (Phil 4:19), direction (Proverbs 3:5-6), protection (Psalm 91:1-2), joy (Psalm 16:11), compassion (Ephesians 4:32), justice (Isaiah 1:17), wisdom (James 1:5), hope (Romans 15:13), love (2 Corinthians 13). Check out this link https://club31women.com/12-powerful-verses-pray-children/

So stop and pray for the students you know. Call their names out to God. Those you are close to at any time let them know you are praying for them. It will make a difference.

2 Timothy 2:1 NLT

I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them.

Finally, pray for teachers, professors, school staff and administrators. May God do a wonderful work in those in education. The last thing I ask you to pray for is our ministry and outreach called back2school that will happen in early August. Next Thursday, May 28th, is an important meeting.

Prayer makes a difference. Spend time in the presence of God!

Psalm 16:11 NLT

You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.

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Have you heard of EDITH BURNS?

Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas . She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns. One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of Edith Burns. When he walked into that waiting room, there sat Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a young mother sitting beside her. Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times people would be saved. Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse, Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood pressure. Edith began by saying,"My name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Beverly said, "Why yes I do." Edith said, "Well, what do you ...

wash feet, sharing hope

John 13:4-5,14 NLT So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him… 14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. Jesus set the example we follow. He served. He valued and gave value to others. That is why we choose to serve. For 18 years our church has shared an outreach called back2school, and for 16 of those years we have chosen to give students brand new shoes and socks as well as washing their feet. It is one of the most important parts of this event. Washing feet is a humbling experience where both the give and the receiver learn how to share some moments that might change their lives. Jesus said we should do this. See the verse above. Follow His example, do what He did, and give far more than you will ever know....

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