The Collegiate Day of Prayer 2/28/2019

The Power & Potential of United Prayer

As the students go, so goes our nation!If we win the spiritual battles across our nation but neglect our college campuses, all our progress will be undone in a generation. Therefore, students today need our support and earnest prayers. However, college students don’t just need more prayer, they need our UNITED prayer. Without a greater degree of genuine, unified prayer, our hopes and dreams for this generation may never be realized. According to Matthew 18:18-20, the greater the number united in faith and prayer, the easier the battle for this generation can be won. Just as a team of horses can move a heavy load faster and easier together, so our greatest barriers can be better overcome through united prayer.

This kind of unified prayer is usually born out of a sense of urgency and need. In times of great need, men are willing to lay aside their differences so they can find a sure path to safety and blessing. For the Church, that path is united prayer. “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of NEED.” (Hebrews 4:16). A humble recognition of great need combined with great faith in Christ always awakens united prayer. When Jesus was moved with compassion upon seeing the needs of the multitudes, He urged His friends and disciples: “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray…” (Matthew 9:36-38). Biblically and historically, united prayer has always been the means of grace to bridge the gap between a great need and a great awakening! This generation needs our unified prayers — please join us in praying for America’s college campuses! 

“If added power attends the united prayer of two or three, what mighty triumphs there will be when hundreds of thousands of consistent members of the Church are with one accord day by day making intercession for the extension of Christ’s Kingdom.”  —John R. Mott

If you have grandchildren attending college at this time will you sign up to pray for their college before or on Thursday, February 28? 

To sign up to pray for your college go to http://collegiatedayofprayer.org/user/register

I am giving you Scriptures to Pray for your college student grandchildren.

Dear Father, I pray that:   (Insert your child’s name)

1.  Peace____ will not worry about anything, but pray about everything.    Philippians 4:6

2.  Protection from the Enemy________ will be alert and watch out for the temptations from the enemy, standing firm in his/her faith.  I Peter 5:8, 9

3. Responsibility________ will learn to be responsible for his/her own actions and behavior. Galatians 6:5

4.  Salvation________ will believe that Jesus loves him/her and died for his/her sins so he/she can have a personal relationship with You. John 3:16

5.  Security_________ will always remember that you will never leave nor forsake him/her.  Joshua 1:56

6.  Self-control________will live in this evil world with self-control, right conduct and devotion to God.  Titus 2:12

7.  Servant’s Heart________will develop a servant’s heart, serving wholeheartedly, as to the Lord and not men. Eph. 6:7

8. Anxiety______will cast all his/her anxieties and disappointments on you. I Peter 5:7

9. Spiritual Growth_______will be rooted and built up in his/her faith, growing strong in the truth as he/she is taught.  Colossians 2:7

10. Guard______ will guard his/her heart, for it is the wellspring of his/her life. Proverbs 4:23 

11. Thankfulness_______ will learn to give thanks in everything, no matter what happens.  I Thessalonians 5:18

12.  Timidity/Fear_______ will not have a spirit of fear and timidity, but the spirit of power, love, and self-discipline. II Tim. 1:7

13.  Trust the Lord ________ will trust You with all his/her heart and not depend on his/her own understanding.  Proverbs 3:5

14.  Wisdom when ________ needs wisdom, he/she will ask you for it, for You are waiting for him/her to ask.  James 1:5

15. Hunger for God’s Word___________will hunger and thirst for your Word. Matthew 5:6        

Scriptures to Pray by Lillian Penner, Co-Prayer Director, Christian Grandparenting Network, lpenner@gmail.com