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?
Challenged to Share Their Faith:
Throughout the state students are being challenged to share their faith on a consistent basis. Joe Osteen, director at UT, Tyler, says “God is stirring among the students at the BSM. We are feeling a tremendous call to prayer and to share our faith with both boldness and humility. At our first organized outreach of the semester, students handed out free hot chocolate and asked students to answer survey questions. We were able to survey 26 students that morning. Of the 26 students, 8 clearly expressed being non-Christians. Many wonderful conversations with these students resulted from the surveys. It was also a wake up call to our BSM students that they cannot assume the students around them are Christians. Since that day, our leadership students have partnered with their fellow community group leaders to hold each other accountable to share their faith. Some of them have committed to use their lunchtime to meet new students and share the gospel. Some have committed to continuing to do surveys. Some are hosting weekly pancake nights in their apartment. God’s word will not return empty!”
Not only is God calling out students to share their faith at UT, Tyler, he is also calling out students to be intentional at Texas A&M, Commerce. Students were recently challenged to commit to 40 days of praying each day to be available to God to intersect someone’s life with a conversation about Jesus. Director Joe Schmidt said, “We had 88 students accept that challenge and ask to be held accountable for praying and sharing! We are looking forward to some amazing divine appointments!”
God is calling students out to be obedient in sharing the abundant life offered by following Jesus Christ. Join with us in praying for students to boldly share.
Pausing & Praying with you,
Texas Collegiate Ministry Team
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Ways to Pray:
- Pray for students who have been challenged to be intentional about sharing their faith.
- Pray for boldness and obedience.
- Pray for divine appointments.
- 3*3*3 Go Now Prayer Request: Students cannot be sent as Go Now Missionaries without prayer and financial support. Each Go Now missionary will be asked to recruit a minimum of 25 partners. It costs an average of $1300 to send a students to serve in the USA for a summer and $3200 to serve overseas. Pray for individuals to commit to be prayer and financial partners for those students that will be appointed as Go Now Missionaries.
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Staff Spotlight
Lee Floyd
Campus: Angelo State University
I went to college at… Texas A&M – Kingsville & Corpus Christi (Graduated from Corpus)
Why do you invest in college students? God’s calling on my life & what better way to impact the world than through students
What is your ringtone? Depends on who is calling – but the default is the theme song from ‘Mad About You’
When I have 30 minutes of free time, I pass the time by… Finding something to read
What is one of your favorite quotes? ”Only those who are obedient believe and only those who believe are obedient. Faith is only real in obedience.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Who do you admire and why? Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Jim Elliot – faith tested by fire and found faithful.
My favorite snack is… Popcorn / Peanuts – its a tie.
The #1 song played on my iPod is… Probably something from the 80′s.
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Ways to Pray for Lee:
- To be the husband and father I am called to be.
- Strength and stamina through the semester and beyond.
- For the wisdom and sensitivity to God’s spirit to lead well.
- For the discipline to stay connected to the Father through prayer and time in His word.
