Please Pray for NCSU Students, Faculty and Staff

Pray for Integrity, Respect, and Compassionate Servant Leadership 

A diverse campus community needs love and respect for others.

• Pray for the leadership in the twelve colleges and many departments.

• Pray for good communication, vision, and understanding between administrators, faculty, staff, and students.

• Pray for leadership, trust, and a renewed hope for the future.

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interest but each of you to the interest of the others.” – Philippians 2:3-4
Also see 1 Peter 5:1-5

Pray for Mental, Emotional, Spiritual, and Physical Health

Since we have been making this a point of prayer, suicide on our campus has decreased from nine to one or zero over the past three years.

• Pray for positive mental and emotional health at NC State.

• Pray for a healthy sense of community and encouragement on campus.

• Pray for good communication and understanding between students and their families.

“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 God’s Abundant Provision

• Pray for students to have the needed resources for tuition, food, and housing.

• Pray for faculty to receive adequate funding for research and students.

• Pray for the resources to allow the university to run smoothly and continue expanding..

“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 Matthew 7:7-8 and Philippians 4:19

Pray for Spiritual Health on Campus

• Pray that Christ would be lifted high on our campus and that students, Faculty, and Staff would come to know, love, and obey Him.

As hearts are transformed by Christ, our culture can be transformed.

• Pray for true spiritual revival and awakening to sweep our campus, city, and country.

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16
Also see Isaiah 64:1-4 and Colossians 1:28-29

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