February prayer: Day 1

Isaiah 45: 4-“…I call you by your name, I surname you, though you do not know me.”  Many students, faculty and administrators walk about their business completely unaware of the God who names them, who has called them into existence and put breath in their lungs.  

Who do you know like this?  Pray for this awakening, for this thawing.

Also pray for the number of colleges and universities in NY/NJ who do not have an InterVarsity chapter on their campus like Empire State College, Stockton State, SUNY Cortland, that God would raise up a robust Christian witness.

Join our NY/NJ Region for a month of prayer.

cold adj \ˈkōld\ UNEMOTIONAL; done after deliberation or calculation and uncolored by personal feeling; COOL; UNCONSCIOUS; dead; retaining only faint scents, traces or clues; STALE, uninteresting.

kin·dle verb \ˈkin-d^əl\ to start (a fire) burning: LIGHT; to stir up: AROUSE; ILLUMINATE; to become animated.

In speaking about the signs of the end of the Age, Jesus said:

“At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.  Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold…BUT … he who stands firm to the end will be saved.  And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations…”  Matt. 24: 10-14b

Our hearts grow cold toward God unless a fire is kindled within.  Sometimes the fire comes from our seeking.  Sometimes it comes mysteriously,  from the movement of God in our lives.  Usually, it is a combination.  

And so, in this dark, deep winter season we pray for deliverance from the coldness around us and within us and for God to ignite a fire within and among us for the sake of his kingdom.

Join us daily in prayer in this month of February that winter’s hibernation would be aroused into glorious spring on our campuses.   Please pick an hour each day and join hundreds of folks praying around the region, country and globe for the mission of InterVarsity on college campuses throughout New York and New Jersey.

Witnessing communities love like Jesus.

"Being loved by Jesus makes you love like Jesus." --Brent Campbell, Staff Conference 2014

That's what I want to see happen on campus - students loving others on campus, in their families, among their communities, because of the love that Jesus has for them.