Pure and Genuine

Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. (James 1:27 NLT)

Today's prayer topics:

• Pray for more students, staff, faculty, and alumni to step forward in service to those less fortunate wherever they may be found and to resist the corrupting influence of the world that says, "Do nothing but help yourself."
• Pray for ever-increasing connections and networks that lead to expanding service opportunities.
• Pray for God to send us a benefactor with an intense passion to fund our service projects to feed the hungry, to teach the less fortunate how to be self-sufficient, to care for the homeless and loveless in their distress, to share the Gospel, and to go where Christ leads us to do what he asks of us.

Thank you for praying.

Never give up unless it's praise we give up to God; never give in except to give in to him.

Helping the Least of These

Then these righteous ones will reply, "Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give your something to drink? Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?" And the King will say, "I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!" (Matthew 25:37-40 NLT)

Today's prayer topics:

• Pray for a passion for service to overwhelm us at Emmanuel that compels us to help the lost, the needy, and the disenfranchised. 
• Pray for God to send us a person, perhaps a retiree with organizational skills and experience, who can coordinate our various streams of service projects.
• Week 24 in Phase 3 of the campaign FOR EMMANUEL. Pray for resources to flow to our points of need, especially to underwrite service initiatives at home and abroad.

Thank you for praying.

Never give up unless it's praise we give up to God; never give in except to give in to him.

His Plans

The Lord will work out his plans for my life - for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever. Don't abandon me, for you made me. (Psalm 138:8 NLT)

Today's prayer topics:

• Pray for God's plans for Emmanuel College to be our plans, and as we discuss and debate options, may our intent always be to discover his way.
• Pray for the developing vision of service at Emmanuel resulting in hundreds of students and graduates serving at home and abroad in places where God calls us to be light and salt.
• Week 24 in Phase 3 of the campaign FOR EMMANUEL. Pray for resources to not only enable the College's operations, but to flow through us to points throughout the world that need our hands and hearts to serve.

Thank you for praying.

Never give up unless it's praise we give up to God; never give in except to give in to him.

You Encourage Me

As soon as I pray, you answer me; you encourage me by giving me strength. (Psalm 138:3 NLT)

Today's prayer topics:

• Pray for persistence in prayer that never lets up and constantly offers our praise and our petitions to the Lord.
• Pray for encouragement and strength throughout the Emmanuel family as God works out his plans for us.
• Week 24 in Phase 3 of the campaign FOR EMMANUEL. May faith rise up in us as we pray and no sooner have the words left our mouths that we turn and see the answers. 

Thank you for praying.

Never give up unless it's praise we give up to God; never give in except to give in to him.

Make Us Strong

You are their glorious strength. It pleases you to make us strong. (Psalm 89:17 NLT)

Today's prayers:

• O Lord, may we resist the temptation to rely upon our human abilities; instead, may we offer our talents to you and see them enhanced and used in your glorious strength.
• Father, help us to exercise our spiritual muscles and grow stronger in your might and power working through us.
• Week 24 in Phase 3 of the campaign FOR EMMANUEL. O God, thank you for financial provision you have sent our way. Help us to be good stewards of what you've given us and bless us with more that we may fulfill your mission for Emmanuel College.

Thank you for praying.

Never give up unless it's praise we give up to God; never give in except to give in to him.

Call to Worship

Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship, for they will walk in the light of your presence, Lord. They rejoice all day long in your wonderful reputation. They exult in your righteousness. (Psalm 89:15-16 NLT)

Today's prayer topics:

• Pray for God's people to gather today around the world in joyful worship and may there be great rejoicing in his presence.
• Pray the Emmanuel family keeps worship central to our experience for it is in his presence where we receive what we need to fight on and to succeed.
• Week 25 in Phase 3 of the campaign FOR EMMANUEL. Pray for Emmanuel's supporters to honor the name of the Lord through their living and their giving.

Thank you for praying.

Answered Prayer:

• Thankful for over 100 students and parents attending our Campus Preview last Friday. So impressed with the ones I spoke to. God is preparing to send us the next wave of human potential which we have the privilege to shape and to send out to change the world.

Never give up unless it's praise we give up to God; never give in except to give in to him.

Follow the Spirit

Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives. Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealous of one another. (Galatians 5:25-26 NLT)

Today's prayer topics:

• Pray we trust the Holy Spirit to lead us even when our human vision is clouded and when trusting in him is the only way through.
• Pray we guard our attitudes and keep our emotions in check about the unfinished work around us by rejoicing in the good work that's been done and in God's purpose behind it all.
• Week 24 in Phase 3 of the campaign FOR EMMANUEL. Pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit for every Christian when it comes to managing God's money which we hold in trust and use as he directs.

Thank you for praying.

Never give up unless it's praise we give up to God; never give in except to give in to him.