Prayers for college students
If you have never prayed before
You do not need the right words to start.
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matthew 11:28-29, NIV
Jesus, I have never done this and I do not know the rules. You said come, all of you who are tired and carrying too much. So this is me coming, with what I am carrying and without the right words. If You are there, I would like to know You. Show me the rest. Amen.
This is me coming
The other moments
- Still deciding what you believe You do not have to be sure to be here.
- Before the exam For the night before, when your mind will not stop.
- 2 a.m., still awake For the nights everything is louder in the dark.
- The first weeks away from home New room, new town, everyone else already has their people.
- Lonely in a crowd For the room full of people and the walk back alone.
- The class that shook what you believed Perplexed is allowed. Despair is not required.
- Money, and the job on top of the classes Rent, the shifts, the meal plan running out.
- The breakup For the week the whole campus is one person.
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