You have given me your shield of victory. Your right hand supports me; your help has made me great. (Psalm 18:34 NLT)

Today’s prayer topics:

• Pray for the difference Emmanuel College is making in the world to be exponentially enlarged.
• Pray for faith to believe God is with us and supports us, shielding us from fatal blows and eventually lifting us to victory.
• Pray we stop focusing on the mistakes of the past, and instead, embrace God’s heart for the future of Emmanuel.

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He trains my hands for battle; he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow. (Psalm 18:34 NLT)

Today’s prayer topics:

• Pray for spiritual agility and competence to fight the spiritual battles raging around us.
• Pray our spiritual conditioning improves every day, enabling us to successfully wield God’s most powerful weapons.
• Pray for all involved in four significant meetings this week including the NCAA site visit and a conversation with a potential supporter.

Thank you for praying.

It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure. He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights. (Psalm 18:32-33 NCV)

Today’s prayer topics:

• Pray we acknowledge God as the source of our security, not money or property nor even reputation.
• Pray we navigate rocky and dangerous terrain with surefooted certainty, guided by our Lord who eventually leads us to mountaintop victory.
• Pray for Emmanuel to find favor with NCAA officials in their visit to campus tomorrow and Tuesday, and also pray that the remainder of the multi-year membership process will go well with us.

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God’s way is perfect. All the Lord’s promises prove true. He is a shield for all who look to him for protection. (Psalm 18:30 NLT)

Today’s prayer topics:

• May we embrace God’s perfect way that sometimes leads directly through the teeth of the storm.
• As battles rage around us, pray we confidently trust God to shield us from harm.
• Pray we relax in the reliability of the Lord’s promises to the extent that worry and stress are banished from our presence.

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In your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall. (Psalm 18:29 NLT)

Today’s prayer topics:

• When problems surround us like armies arrayed for battle, pray that we connect with God’s strength to vanquish any foe.
• When troubles loom larger than life, pray for supernatural ability to overcome each one.
• Pray for Emmanuel’s leaders to complete the financial recovery plan with every initiative and detail needed to establish a prosperous future.

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You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. (Psalm 18:28 NIV)

Today’s prayer topics:

• Pray for clarity of vision when our view is obscured by competing challenges.
• As light dissipates darkness, may the Lord in our presence bring solutions into sharp focus.
• Pray to the Lord to keep Emmanuel’s lamp burning brightly in a dark world that desperately needs the light we offer.

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He led me to a place of safety; he rescued me because he delights in me. For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not turned from God to follow evil. (Psalm 18:19 & 21 NLT)

Today’s prayer topics:

• Pray we work hard to discern the Lord’s steps and follow him closely to the place of safety.
• Pray we cause him joy and delight through our desire to defer our ways to his ways.
• As a people in whom he delights, pray with confidence for rescue and sustenance.

Thank you for praying.