Last week, I scheduled the last half of Friday to just get off campus and pray for our student ministry. I turned the phone off and went to a coffee shop in Little Rock and just prayed. I wrote down some prayers as they became powerful in my mind. I began to feel like there was great purpose in them. So, I thought I’d share with you what I’m currently praying for our students this year.
You might notice that a couple of these prayers are almost asking for pain. I struggled to even write some of them down. But if I really believe, like James said, that we’re supposed to rejoice in trials because they help us grow, then I’m going to pray through that.
1. If it pleases You to see more people in central Arkansas saved, we beg to be a part of Your work. Please use us.
2. Disturb us, Father, to a place where we are broken by what breaks Your Heart.
3. Mold us, Father, so that we’re perfectly positioned to fit in Your Plan.
4. Humble us, God. We are not God. Only You are.
5. Please give us the faith to follow You more closely.
6. Please correct us if we misrepresent You.
7. If we’re unwilling to follow You with full abandon, please bring your purifying fire.