Lloyd's Prayer

Lord, thank you that you are a God who gives faith generously, and that this faith enables us to see you as our good and heavenly Father, and to know your love towards us that you pour out through Jesus. Stir up a faith in us that clings tightly to your promises Through Jesus you… Read more Faith

Heavenly Father, thank you for the partnership in the gospel that I am able to have with the students here in Cairns. Please help us as we think together about the year ahead. Please help us to be driven by the gospel; hungry for you to feed us by your word; ready to give an… Read more Pre-semester prep

Heavenly Father, thank you for the chance to rest. Thank you for the opportunity we have had to celebrate the coming of Christ with extended family over the Christmas break. Please help us as a family to keep our eyes firmly fixed on him this year. Please help me to serve you well this year… Read more Rest

Heavenly Father, please open our eyes that we may behold wondrous things in your word this evening. May we marvel at your grace to us, your love poured out to us though we had turned our back on you. May our hearts be consumed with longing to know you and delight in you. Thank you… Read more Thanks for your word

Here’s what our national director Richard Chin has been praying for NTE, and what I continue to echo for our students and myself. Heavenly Father, thank you for the glorious gospel concerning your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Please open our eyes to the gravity of Christ’s glory as we continue to bathe in the… Read more From NTE

Heavenly Father, please sustain the students as they work hard exploring the depths of your word. Please work by your Spirit to help them see the treasure that is Christ. Help it to sink into their hearts and transform them. Please give them insight to see the implications of your word for us and those… Read more Strand groups

Heavenly Father, thank you for the 300 students that have been able to come along to NTE in Queensland. We are so thankful that we can even hold an event like this, that you have brought circumstances about to have safe gatherings of this size, that you have provided a team of organisers able to… Read more Thanks for NTE

Heavenly Father, please help us as AFES staff to draw together our thoughts from the last couple of days. Help us to keep the gospel of Christ at the root of our thinking about the coming years. Please give us insight into our culture and the current shape of university life. Please give us imaginative… Read more From staff training

Heavenly Father, thank you that we have been able to meet in person as a QLD staff team today, as well as online with the rest of the staff throughout the country. Thank you for the encouragement it has been to be in the same space as my fellow gospel workers and remember your grace… Read more December staff conference

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