Rescue

Please, Lord, rescue me! Come quickly, Lord, and help me. (Psalm 40:13 NLT)

Today's meditation:

• When suffering comes, God is there to help, especially to those who call upon him for comfort and rescue.

Pray today:

• For the people who are suffering from the recent hurricanes to be helped and comforted, for those in Florida, Texas, and the Caribbean who have lost so much and are struggling to recover.
• For those in these ravaged areas who are connected to Emmanuel to find basic necessities quickly, for the family of Emmanuel student, Alejandro Zayas from Puerto Rico, who have lost everything.
• For disaster relief groups to have the resources to provide abundant help and bring relief from suffering, for money and other resources to flow to the points of need for months to come until recovery is complete. 

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Your Name

Let them praise your great and awesome name. Your name is holy! (Psalm 99:3 NLT)

Today's meditation:

• In the middle of everything with all the challenges we face, it's good to simply stop and praise his awesome and holy name.

Pray today:

• For our students who go on fall break starting Thursday, for safe travels and good rest now that midterms are over.
• For the Emmanuel Singers who begin their fall tour tonight at Beech Springs Church, for their preparation and prayers to be answered with great results, for their praise to ring out in song to honor our great God.
• For safe travels and good health as they tour in North Carolina and Virginia through the weekend, for souls to be saved and encouraged, for their ministry to be effective.

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Led Your People

You led your people along that road like a flock of sheep, with Moses and Aaron as their shepherds. (Psalm 77:20 NLT)

Today's meditation:

• God leads his children if they will but follow.

Pray today:

• For the people of Emmanuel College to have a heart that follows hard after God.
• For us to stay on his road, listening to his voice, keeping our eyes on him, never being distracted and never losing our focus, staying close to him.
• For protection from the wolves, those who would do us harm, for safety and good health during our journey, for favor and blessing on the road God provides.

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The Waters Trembled

When the Red Sea saw you, O God, its waters looked and trembled! The sea quaked to its very depths. The waters saw you, God, the waters saw you and writhed; the very depths were convulsed.(Psalm 77:16 NLT & NIV)

Today's meditation:

• No barrier can block God's path or restrict his plan, but can only shrink away and submit to his absolute authority.

Pray today:

• For every obstacle to God's plan for Emmanuel College to melt away.
• For waters to part, for chains to be broken, for opponents to yield, for deliverance to come swiftly.
• For the myriad of challenges facing the leadership of the College over the next six months, for Spirit-led discernment and wisdom to saturate our thinking, for each task to be handled appropriately, efficiently, and effectively. 

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Great Wonders

You are the God of great wonders! You demonstrate your awesome power among the nations. (Psalm 77:14 NLT)

Today's meditation:

• What an honor to be participants with God, to be the demonstration of his life-giving, wonder-working power.

Pray today:

• For great miracles for Emmanuel College, for great wonders at the hand of God.
• For God's power to eliminate our debt and free us to do his work his way.
• For awesome demonstrations of God's grace and strength among us, for miracles of healing and health, for healing from cancer for Matt Cichanski, one our athletic trainers, for full recovery for Brandon Hill, one of our students who suffered cardiac arrest several weeks ago, for major and minor challenges to submit to the awesome power of God.

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Your Ways

O God, your ways are holy. Is there any god as mighty as you? (Psalm 77:13 NLT)

Today's meditation:

• It's not a rhetorical question: Is there any god as mighty as you? No, there is not. How blessed we are. How fortunate. How wonderful. Our source of help is greater than any other. Our rescue is certain! God's pathway for us into the future is secure.

Pray today:

• For those of us at Emmanuel College who are leading, for us to keep a laser-focus on our holy and mighty God.
• For us to walk in his ways, knowing that his ways are always better than ours.
• For our confidence in God to never waver, no matter the difficulty, no matter who challenges.

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Content

I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:10 GNB)

Today's meditation:

• Many may know insults, hardships and difficulties, but few have suffered persecution, and almost none have experienced any of these for the cause of Christ, rather because of our own poor decision-making. Regardless, we must be content in allowing Jesus to use weakness to make us strong.

Pray today:

• For difficulties to yield to Jesus and become easy thoroughfares for God's people at Emmanuel College to accomplish his plan.
• For hardships in resources and means to give way to Jesus and become abundance for purposes that advance his kingdom.
• For insults to be deflected in Jesus' name and become pathways for reconciliation.
• For persecution, when it comes, to be managed by the grace and power of Jesus Christ our Lord.

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