DAILY PRAYERS FOR GUYS

For Students Preparing for Public Ministry

Holy Spirit,
Be with the many young people at the high school, college, and seminary level of education who are studying and training to serve in the public ministry as pastors and teachers. Thank you for the encouragement and support they received to lead them down this important path. When they are discouraged or frustrated by their workload or requirements, keep in front of them the future joys that accompany the splendid privilege of bringing Jesus to others. Provide them with a variety of positive ministry experiences to spur them on and to guide them in discovering their unique gifts and preferences for ministry. When they are feeling the burden of the cost of this path of education, use your church to meet their needs, and in doing so, endear them even more to ministry. Keep them faithful and focused in their studies, so that they take the same faithful focus with them into ministry.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

DAILY PRAYERS FOR GUYS

For Christian Schools

Lord God,
Thank you for schools that provide a Christian Education. When congregations are able to offer elementary schools as a part of their ministry, both the congregation and the community are richly blessed. The standards are high and the flexibility of curriculum choices allows them to avoid certain controversial content. However, there is no greater benefit than Jesus that Christian schools are able to offer. To nurture and equip not just the mind, but also hearts of faith provides an eternal reward to students. For high schools and colleges that allow students to continue on this path of spiritual instruction, thank you. 

Through these schools, your impact often goes beyond the student into the home, so I pray that your Spirit stretches his reach into the hearts of not just students in school, but their families as well. And, because teaching young minds is no small task, I also ask that you equip teachers and professors in these schools with patience, wisdom, and compassion for their students. Let your light shine brightly in them, so that they put the love of Jesus on display for their students and other faculty members to see. Continue to use Christian schools to build up your church and equip believers for this life and the next.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.