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
Prep for NTE
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
National unity
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
New exec
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
AGM today
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
Your work in sickness
Father, thank you that you are still at work even when we are weak and sick. Your kingdom does not depend on our strength but your grace. Please help us to keep trusting you in these times. Please help us to do what we can with the strength that you supply. May sickness remind us… Read more Your work in sickness
Zephaniah
Heavenly Father, thank you that you have opened our eyes to know you. Help us to keep seeing your holiness and our sin, and rush to you in faith, and depend on you for life and mercy. Thank you that we need not fear your judgement but can rejoice that you are among us as… Read more Zephaniah
Focus on your grace
Heavenly Father, as the semester draws to an end please help us to make the most of the time that we have left together. Please fill our minds and hearts with the gospel. May we keep rejoicing in the undeserved grace that we have been given – your steadfast love, a position as children and… Read more Focus on your grace
Your justice (Nahum)
Gracious Lord, thank you that you are not ignorant or blind to injustice and human cruelty. We look around and see the way that people have and still are treating each other, and grieve over these horrors. We take comfort and hope in the promise of your intervention, that wickedness will be swept away for… Read more Your justice (Nahum)
Worthy of praise
Heavenly Father, please open our eyes to your awesome works in Bible study today. Please help us to marvel at your good plans to redeem your people, bringing them back to enjoy all your faithfulness and generosity. Thank you that through Jesus you have brought about an inheritance of many nations sharing in your blessing.… Read more Worthy of praise