Month: November 2020

Heavenly Father, though we have not seen Jesus face to face, please help us to know him truly. Help us to hear your word to us and know how desperately we needed to be lifted up out of the bog of our sin. Fan up our love for Christ as we see how completely he… Read more 1 Peter 1:8

Heavenly Father, please help our students during this last leg of exams to keep a bigger perspective. Help them to look often beyond the desktop to the splendour and majesty of your character. Help them to see your handiwork in the creation around them and remember your intricate and loving providence. As they recall all… Read more Bigger perspective

Father, we take great comfort in being able to say, “My God is king,” for we say it in the midst of our brokenness and sin. We have seen the way that our folly and pride has isolated us from you and made a ruin of that good life of loving you and loving our… Read more My God is king (Ps 74)

Heavenly Father, thank you for the students who have been shaped by your word in JCU this year. May their joy in Christ grow more and more as they see more and more their own weakness and sin and recognise the surpassing worth of Christ in them. Amen. Thanks for echoing this prayer as you… Read more A good year

Heavenly Father, please help our students to find rest in you, delighting in your awesome character and wonderful works. May they know the inherent value that you have given them as people made in your image, and not be consumed by the approval of others. Please help them to work diligently in their study in… Read more Rest amidst exams

Heavenly Father, please work in us as we prepare material for the training event in December. As we think about how to help the students engage well with your word, please be engaging our own hearts too. Help us to behold your glory and see the wonder of your salvation in Christ. Fill us with… Read more Prep for NTE

Heavenly Father, thank you that though we feel far away from other groups like ours, we are united in the gospel and are partners together in your work. Thank you that we have been made your people through Christ and that no barrier separates us. Help us to draw encouragement from seeing you at work… Read more National unity

Heavenly Father, thank you for the students who are now serving as our new executive for the group. Please be working in them for your glory. May you shape their character so that they love what you love; may they long to see people find mercy and life in Christ; make them patient and eager,… Read more New exec

Heavenly Father, thank you for the students that have joined in with our group this year. Thank you for those who are keen to serve as the executive team. Please help them to be able to work together well and lead our group as we proclaim Jesus Christ at JCU. May we be encouraged and… Read more AGM today