Prayer

So first of all, daily prayer has started up again (woo-hoo!). I encourage all of you to experience it at one time or another. If at any time you feel you could just use prayer, stop by Union 3510 at 4 pm Monday through Thursday and someone will be there. If they're not, let me know, and I'll hunt them down. We can pray for anything we feel led to or that has been on our hearts: ourselves, each other, our campus, the world.

Now, you say, "I don't have any desire to go to daily prayer". (We'll talk later) That's fine, the idea of praying in a group didn't interest me for a long time. However, I do encourage you to pray. Our theme this year is "Expand Your Bubble" - be ready for God to answer your prayers, but also expect Him to require something of you, that you may not be comfortable with. You may even consider making prayer a part of your daily life (more often than before tests): between classes, before eating in the dining hall, saying grace when eating with a bunch of friends, talking to God about your plans, etc.

Now, as a group, we pray a lot. Why? "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing..." (John 15:5)

If we try to do all the things we've planned this year without God, it's nothing. All our amazing NSO events, our large groups, our outreach events, and even the mysterious unnamed Week coming up would all be chasing after the wind without God. With that in mind, I leave you.

-jon

P.S. I still pray for you all.