It has been exciting to me to see how God has been working in the lives of our students over break. It seems like each one of the guys I have been working with has come back excited and eager to grow in their faith! But Justin has been particularly encouraging.
I met Justin at the beginning of the year, and he has been in my Bible study since September. Justin is an pre-architecture student--a very demanding major at the University of Arizona. His first semester this past fall was difficult; he was balancing a tough transition, a difficult schedule, and some family problems. He began to withdraw from his friends and become depressed.
Near the end of last semester, he began to spend time with two of the guys that I discipled throughout the fall. At the beginning of this semester, he was excited when I asked him about getting together to read the Word. There was a marked difference in his attitude and in his excitement!
Pray for Justin:
1. Praise God for his growth and hunger!
2. For daily habits in the word, continued zeal for God
3. For a heart for others, both fellowship and evangelism
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
January 23rd, 2008
Here is an urgent prayer request!
The four single staff women on our team here at the University of Arizona all live in a house in the same neighborhood as me. This morning, we got a call from them that their house had been broken into. This is following two incidents last semester where the girls had their cars broken into and their radios stolen. Three of the girls had their computers stolen, and one had her purse taken.
1. Pray that the police would recover the computers. None of the girls had backed up their data.
2. Pray that no further harm would come on these women as a result of having their personal information stolen.
3. Pray for the sense of safety and well-being for these women in their home.
4. Pray for their ministry. This is an important time in our ministry and Satan is clearly using this to attack them.
The four single staff women on our team here at the University of Arizona all live in a house in the same neighborhood as me. This morning, we got a call from them that their house had been broken into. This is following two incidents last semester where the girls had their cars broken into and their radios stolen. Three of the girls had their computers stolen, and one had her purse taken.
1. Pray that the police would recover the computers. None of the girls had backed up their data.
2. Pray that no further harm would come on these women as a result of having their personal information stolen.
3. Pray for the sense of safety and well-being for these women in their home.
4. Pray for their ministry. This is an important time in our ministry and Satan is clearly using this to attack them.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
January 16th, 2008
Another semester begins today!
As I said in my newsletter, I have been praying that this would be an important semester of spiritual growth for the guys I meet with. My desire is that they would "flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace." Would you pray that these guys would be pursuing God's heart, growing daily in intimacy with him?
I will (I promise!) be updating this blog every Wednesday. My plan is to give an update on a different guy each week with specific prayer requests.
Here is a prayer request for an event that I am helping to coordinate. I am hoping to bring all the campus ministries together for 24 hours of prayer...6 pm Friday until 6 pm Saturday. This event would be the kickoff for forty days of 24/7 prayer on campus. Is that not exciting?
1. Would you pray that God would give the ministries united hearts of prayer for our campus?
2. Would you pray that God would excite students from each ministry to help out with the project?
3. Would you pray that God would use this event to spark revival on our campus?
That last one is a big prayer, but I feel that God is poised to work in powerful ways on our campus. The University of Arizona needs your prayers!
Here is a prayer for me (taken from Ephesians)
"Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel."
As I said in my newsletter, I have been praying that this would be an important semester of spiritual growth for the guys I meet with. My desire is that they would "flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace." Would you pray that these guys would be pursuing God's heart, growing daily in intimacy with him?
I will (I promise!) be updating this blog every Wednesday. My plan is to give an update on a different guy each week with specific prayer requests.
Here is a prayer request for an event that I am helping to coordinate. I am hoping to bring all the campus ministries together for 24 hours of prayer...6 pm Friday until 6 pm Saturday. This event would be the kickoff for forty days of 24/7 prayer on campus. Is that not exciting?
1. Would you pray that God would give the ministries united hearts of prayer for our campus?
2. Would you pray that God would excite students from each ministry to help out with the project?
3. Would you pray that God would use this event to spark revival on our campus?
That last one is a big prayer, but I feel that God is poised to work in powerful ways on our campus. The University of Arizona needs your prayers!
Here is a prayer for me (taken from Ephesians)
"Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel."
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