Please Pray for NCSU Students, Faculty and Staff

Pray for Unity, Respect, and Love for One Another  

There is a need for love and respect among a diverse campus community. • Pray for humility and a patient, understanding heart for our campus.

“Let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.” – James 1:19
Also see Ephesians 4:2-3, Colossians 3:12-17, and 1 Peter 3:8-12

Pray for Mental, Emotional, Spiritual, and Physical Health

Since we have been making this a point of prayer, suicide on our campus has decreased. • Pray for God to continue to heal our campus from harm. • Pray for protection for our students, staff, and faculty. • Pray for a healthy sense of community and support for our people.

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 4:6
Also see Jeremiah 29: 11 and Romans 8: 28

Pray for Godly Servant Leadership

We prayed for a new chancellor, and God raised Kevin Howell. • Pray for wisdom, strength, and guidance for him. • Pray for a new provost. • Pray also for the administration to process requests in a timely manner. • Pray for funding to fuel proposals and Grad students.

“I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.” – 1 Timothy 2:1-2
Also see Philippians 2:3-4 and Romans 13:1

Pray for the Hope for the Future

• Pray for International Students to be able to continue their education here. • Pray for jobs for our student community, both in academia and in the marketplace. • Pray for God to provide in uncertain times. • Pray for a solution to the POE Hall controversy.

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” – Jeremiah 29:11
Also see Romans 12:12 and Hebrews 11:1

Prayer Is Talking With God

“We are to pray in times of adversity, lest we become faithless and unbelieving. We are to pray in times of prosperity, lest we become boastful and proud. We are to pray in times of danger, lest we become fearful and doubting. We are to pray in times of security, lest we become self-sufficient.” – Billy Graham

“Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.” – Max Lucado

“Prayer lays hold of God’s plan and becomes the link between his will and its accomplishment on earth. Amazing things happen, and we are given the privilege of being the channels of the Holy Spirit’s prayer.” – Elisabeth Elliot

“We must talk to God about men before we talk to men about God. God does not require you to have great faith. You simply are to have faith in a great God. We need to believe God for great things. God is just waiting for us to believe Him for even greater dreams.” – Bill Bright

“She (my mother) became a warrior far superior to any epic hero. She became a giant on her knees. With a sword in one hand she battled the enemies of death and disease, and with her other hand stretched toward heaven she kept beseeching God’s help and His mercy.” – Bishop T.D. Jakes

“True prayer is neither a mere mental exercise nor a vocal performance. It is far deeper than that – it is spiritual transaction with the Creator of Heaven and Earth.” – Charles Spurgeon

“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.” – Abraham Lincoln