Pause & Pray 11/5/09

This is an invitation to pray, a call to pray, and a plea to pray…would you be willing to Pause & Pray every Thursday for Texas campuses, students, and BSM staff?

God Continues to Use Student Leaders:

God is using student leaders on Texas campuses in order to be light to hundreds of students on their campus.  Students are choosing to position themselves strategically within the college community in order to be influential.  Ben Edfeldt, director at Midwestern State University, recalls how one of his student leaders is giving of his time and love for people in the dorms, in order for those who do not know the Lord will one day come to experience and know Jesus Christ.

Cory* is a student on our leadership team that has a heart for the lost.  He has used his position as an RA as an opportunity to communicate his faith to his lost friends.  He regularly hosts discussion groups about topics of faith.  He has had anywhere between 5 to 15 students together to talk about passages in Scripture – to objections raised about Christianity.  One of his closest friends, Nathan*, is not a believer.  However, it is becoming clear that the Lord is drawing Nathan closer to Him.  Cory has been able to be intricately involved in it.  Cory has been reading through “Mere Christianity” with Nathan.  Nathan is hung up on the total forgiveness of sin aspect of salvation.  Please pray that Nathan becomes aware of the unconditional grace given to him by our Lord and wisdom for Cory.

*names have been changed for privacy

Pausing & Praying with you,

Texas Collegiate Ministry Team

Ways to Pray:

• Pray specifically for Cory to have wisdom in sharing of his life with Nathan.
• Pray that Nathan becomes aware of the grace God gives.
• Ask for more student leaders to strategically place themselves within the college community in order to be God’s light.  Ask that students would not just involve themselves in Christian circles but get involved with people who do not know Christ.
• God is at Work:
  • Please pray for Greg, Kevin and Savi to come to know and worship Christ.

Ways to Pray for Brenda Sanders:

• Pray that I will follow God’s plan, not mine.

Staff Spotlight

Brenda Sanders

Campus:  Student Missions Consultant or “Mission Mama,” or “Mission Diva,”  or “Go Now Lady”
Previous BSM positions:
Stephen F. Austin, Baylor, University of Houston, Houston Baptist, Samford University (Alabama)
Family:
 Sister Kathy; Brothers Larry and Kenneth; Brother-in-Law Dee Jay; Sister-in-Law Marli; Nephews David and Joel; Nieces Jamie, Janessa, Megan, Brianna and Aly.

Three words to describe me would be…
enthusiastic, passionate, fun (I hope)
I do my best thinking…in the car
My favorite coffee house drink is…
soy latte with a pump of hazelnut
I always smile when I…hear a child laugh.
My dream vacation would…
Greek Isles
The last book I read was…
Live Life on Purpose, by Claude Hickman
You ought to see…
a West Texas sunset.
It’s hard to believe, but…
this is my 11^th year sending out Go Now Missionaries.
I have seen God work this semester by…transforming the lives of students as they serve.
When I am cruising in my car, I’m usually listening to…
NPR, for the world news.
If you ask me, there could never be enough…Go Now Missionaries
You’ll never catch me eating…
Liver
In my spare time, you’ll find me…
trying out a new recipe, reading a book or at the movies with friends
When it comes to movies, my all –time favorite is…
Babette’s Feast, it is foreign flick
The one thing I won’t leave home without is…
cell phone
I do what I do because…I have received grace and I want others to have the chance to receive it, too.  I believe that college students can be a significant part of sharing that grace, so I want to be part of sending them to the nations to do so.

Check out past Pause & Pray Spotlight Staff Members HERE!