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?

ABIDE – Experiential Prayer Retreat:

“I am the vine; you are the branches.  If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” – John 15:5
Tomorrow several hundred college students will gather at Highland Lakes Camp for an experiential prayer retreat.

Matthew Gassett from Weatherford College explains ABIDE as well as encourages students to attend.

Pausing & Praying with you,
Texas Collegiate Ministry Team

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Debra Slaton

Campus:  Cisco College
I went to college at… Tarleton State University
Why do you invest in college students? They are great kids and also our future leaders.
When I have 30 minutes of free time, I pass the time by…reading or catching up on facebook
What is one of your favorite quotes?  Psalm 32:7 and Romans 5:8
Who do you admire and why? my local pastor Ray Rodgers and also Chuck Swindoll (they both have a way of explaining scripture that makes it so easily understood)
My favorite snack is… potato chips
The #1 song played on my iPod is…tie:  Call on God by Nicole C. Mullen or Wonderful Merciful Savior by Selah

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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?

3*3*3* Pray:

“Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”             Matthew 9:38

We are seeking 300 people that will commit to pray for 30 days for 384 missionaries to serve through Go Now Missions in 2012. This prayer effort is in preparation for Discovery Weekend, Feb. 17-19, when Texas students are appointed as Go Now Missionaries to serve in the “harvest fields”.

300 people

CLICK HERE to commit to a be one of the 300 prayer partners. You will have the option of receiving daily prayer requests via email, Facebook, text or a printed copy for all 30 days. Sign up by January 19.

30 days

You will pray daily from Sunday, January 22-Monday, February 20, 2012 for a specific prayer request. You can also sign up to be part of the Virtual Prayer Team during Discovery Weekend.  This team will receive real time prayer requests from the Prayer Team on site at Discovery Weekend.

384 missionaries

Join us in praying for 384 Texas students to serve in 2012 as Go Now Missionaries across Texas, the USA and the world, sharing the good news of Jesus Christ.

Will you be one of
300 people praying for
30 days for
384 missionaries?
Pausing & Praying with you,
Texas Baptist Student Ministry

Pausing & Praying with you,
Texas Collegiate Ministry Team

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David Kemerling

Campus: Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing

I went to college at…Texas State (SWT when I attended)
Why do you invest in college students?…Because God, as a student, called me.  This was an amazing…even unbelievable.  I was not the best academic performer.  In fact, I academically stuttered (like Moses) and needed help.  Everytime I visit with a student I am reminded how dependent I am on the Lord to be where I am.  I think that is a good place for me.  I often find it very easy to become a co-student with the student as they work on improving.
Students are usually in a place of discovery (if they are honest with themselves) and I live to be on the spot when they discover How and Why the Lord has made them.  Those moments redeem and restore me.  I am thankful to the Lord every day for the students He has allowed me to ‘live along side of’.
I pray every day that the Church will awaken to the needs of this student generation…we could do nothing more important.
What is your ringtone? some spanish guitar music…I set my wife’s ring tone on my phone to be Blood, Sweat & Tears “You make me so very happy”….sappy isn’t it…she thinks so.
When I have 30 minutes of free time, I pass the time by…run, swim, clean house, check ESPN
What is one of your favorite quote? “self-help is no answer to the depths of distress, however useful it may be in the shallows of self-pity”  Derick Kidner
Who do you admire and why?  more and more I admire my Dad.  He is 87 yrs old and is activly caring for my mother (84yrs).  He volunteers at least one day a week at the local hospital driving people to and from their cars in a golf cart.  He is a true servant, loves people and loves God.
My favorite snack is…popcorn
The #1 song played on my iPod is…I run to the Passion:Awakening album…I really get going with “We know where the Spirit of the Lord is”

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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?

40/40 Challenge:

Last week 40 BSM Interns and Campus Missionaries met for their January Retreat.  Robert Hooker, coordinator, issued a challenge to these workers – “Touch 40/40″… praying every morning that God will lead us to someone every day with whom we may initiate a spiritual conversation ’til February 15.  There are 40 of us, and in 40 days we (Texas BSM Interns and Campus Missionaries) could touch 1600 people with a reminder that God is pursuing them.”

In Acts 8, Philip initiated a spiritual conversation with the Ethiopian Eunuch and ultimately the Ethiopian became a believer.  Pray with us as these 40 Interns & Campus Missionaries take the 40/40 Challenge OR maybe you need to join in asking God to lead you to someone with whom you may initiate a spiritual conversation.

Pausing & Praying with you,
Texas Baptist Student Ministry

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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?

Student Leaders Meet to Develop Their Leadership Skills:

This week 82 student leaders from BSM’s in Texas are gathered in Waco at Truett Seminary and the Baylor Bobo Spiritual Life Center  for the Lead Team Summit to develop & cultivate their leadership skills.  Students will listen and interact with Tim Elmore of Growing Leaders as he leads discussions on his Habitudes: Images that Form Leadership Habits and Attitudes.  They will also put into action what they have learned by developing Abide encounters for our ABIDE prayer retreat at the end of January.

These leaders were selected by their directors and college ministers because of their outstanding leadership on campus to participate in a year long leadership training program through Texas Baptist Student Ministry.  Throughout the year these leaders will particpate and represent BSM at Texas Baptist events.  The goal of the Student Lead Team is to “equip Texas college students to be bearers of the Gospel message, teachers of Biblical truth, and developers of God’s Kingdom for now and for the future.”

Join us in praying that these students will encounter God during the Lead Team Summit.

Pausing & Praying with you,
Texas Baptist Student Ministry

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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?

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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?

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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?

A Semester of God’s Power:

God has shown his face in powerful ways this entire semester.  From spiritual conversations being initiated, thousands of students hearing the gospel, and Christian students being discipled – God has been good.  But nothing can compare to students coming to know Jesus as their Savior.

Donnie Brown – Wayland University – “I spoke in chapel at the beginning of the school year. I shared the Gospel and at the end of the said if you would like to talk more about having a relationship with Christ, then please text me and had my number on the screen. One of those who text me was Casey*, a student from Columbia who plays on our men’s soccer team. I made an appointment with him and his wife. After a long conversation about how they got to Wayland I was able to share the gospel once again and Casey accepted Christ. His wife was already a believer. Both of them are meeting with me once a week also going to church.”

Joe Luna – TAMU, Kingsville – “There have been five (for sure) possibly six students that have come to Christ this month through this ministry. This is something that has been incredible to witness. The Spirit of God is moving on the campus and the ministry is responding in kind. Two of the students came to Christ at a recent worship service where I was preaching about casting off the things that stand in our way of total abandonment to Christ. Another student came to Christ through counseling with one of our BSM students in their dorm room. Another student came to Christ early on in the semester through worship, that we just found out about this week. And yet another student came to Christ at one of our weekly student-led bible studies.”

David Griffin – SHSU- “This past month, one student who was once a professed atheist has now come to believe in Jesus Christ. This particular student has been attending our Wednesday lunch program for over a year and through that has made friends with quite a few students on the BSM leadership team. These leadership students have continually been intentional with him and have prayed for quite a while that he would eventually come to faith in Christ. And, in the past few weeks, he has now made that decision. Please join me in praying for this young believer’s new walk in Christ.”

Pausing & Praying with you,
Texas Collegiate Ministry Team

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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?

Commitment to Share the Gospel:

Students at Brookhaven, Cedar Valley Community College, and Paul Quinn felt the Lord asking them to commit to share the gospel with their peers each week for the remaining weeks of this semester. 

Last week, these students provided 50 care packages at each campus and had students in the BSM give those away with scriptures and snacks as they shared their faith on campus. BSM students are providing the items to go
into the care pakcages and this week they anticipate sharing the gospel with 100 more students on each campus.

Join with us and Ellyn Favors, director on these three campuses, in praying.

Pausing & Praying with you,
Texas Collegiate Ministry Team

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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?

A Well-Watered Garden:

Studying, stress, long hours, Christmas, decisions, and finals.  The end of the semester is upon us.  Students are gearing up for the ending of a long semester.  It is very easy to loose sight of the purpose God has placed on each student with the stress brought on by the ending of a semester.

Join with us in praying Isaiah 58:11 for each student.  The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame.  You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. (Is. 58:11)

Pausing & Praying with you,
Texas Collegiate Ministry Team

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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?

Pausing & Praying with you,
Texas Collegiate Ministry Team