11 To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, 12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 1:6
What can I say about that day? I say it felt strangely warm to be amongst the Christians in school (though God knows I didn't really meet any from Regenerate), my heart also seriously fell as several junctures when I thought I saw carelessness during worship: a call to worship which was nothing about God but more about our energy level, occasional pompous behaviour from the worship leader (disunity of the worship team maybe) etc.
But we did pray together and through our admittedly rushed prayers we did dedicate ourselves and the university and our nation into the hands of God. I remember praying that whether or not we all took it serious enough, that God will work powerfully in us to will the things we have prayed for to come to pass.
Do not hold back dear Lord, do not withhold from us any opportunities through which you can shape us into the sort of people we dedicated ourselves to be when we prayed those prayers that night.
I thank you for not holding back with me. Yesterday was quite the different day, despite the pain and agony. It was a day of praying, thinking, working, resting. What I have come to regard as recreation was strangely missing, and I thank You for that.
I know that You have promised to fulfil every resolve for good and to accomplish every work of faith by Your power. I pray now that You will also give me good resolves and a robust faith which permeates every work as well as work which is compatible with faith.
In Your most precious name,
Amen
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