Heavenly Father, please deepen our joy at Kick-off camp. Help us to see how truly great and glorious Jesus is to us; help us to see how worthy he is of our praise and worship; please help us to see his goodness, and delight our hearts with him. May our love grow for Christ our… Read more Camp that deepens joy
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Kick off camp prep
Heavenly Father, thank you for the opportunity to join together with the Townsville student group for the Kick-off camp. We ask that it will be a particularly encouraging time for students as they begin the year at uni. Please help me as I preach, to be faithful to your word and to speak it clearly.… Read more Kick off camp prep
Brokenness made whole, Lev 13
Heavenly Father, we live in the face of brokenness every day. We feel the pain of world marred by sin. We wandered away from you and we have never been whole since. Sin grows in us like a disease and we wrestle in a world groaning under the curse. Lord we have been looking carefully,… Read more Brokenness made whole, Lev 13
1 Corinthians 3
Heavenly Father, how good it is to have been swept up into your wise and beautiful plan that you have brought about – your people, the church. Thank you that you continue to grow us up, that you are the one behind it all. Please keep growing your people out at uni. Thank you that… Read more 1 Corinthians 3
Words of authority
Heavenly Father, thank you that Christ came with authority teaching your word to us. Lord, please help us to listen to hm even though we might find ourselves challenged and exposed. Please help us to trust his work in our hearts as he pares back our stubbornness and sin and reforms us in his image.… Read more Words of authority
Compassion
Heavenly Father, please build up our compassion. Please root out the self-centred impulses to preserve our time, energy, resources but instead be generous. Help us to see things from other people’s point of view and recognise the differences in others. Help us to feel with others without getting frustrated. May we remember that you are… Read more Compassion
Proverbs 6
Heavenly Father, please make us to be like you. Please help us to have the Spirit of Christ, our great and wise king. Please help us to be people who are humble hearted, ever looking at others with generosity and compassion. May we speak what is true, though it may be hard, and turn aside… Read more Proverbs 6
One’s and two’s
Heavenly Father, please help us to rejoice in the small things on campus, the little gatherings, the times with just one or two others. Please help us to see the goodness of meeting together to encourage each other with the gospel, whether with many or a few. Please help us to be a group that… Read more One’s and two’s
Group that encourages
Heavenly Father, please help our group to be a real encouragement to the students that come along. We ask that every time we meet together and hear your word, we will see more beauty in the person of Jesus, that we will understand how deeply the gospel impacts and shapes our life, that we will… Read more Group that encourages
Bible talk 2, John 3
Heavenly Father, thank you that you sent your Son, and he is infinitely more than we could hope for. Thank you that he is from above and is above all, that he speaks your words and has the Spirit without measure, that everything is in his hands. Thank you that he pours out your love… Read more Bible talk 2, John 3