As I'm sure you've heard about and seen much of the news about the tragedy at Virginia Tech, the following is from an email that Mark Gauthier, our national campus director, sent to all of us staff. It has some ways that you can pray for the students at VT as well as the Campus Crusade staff and students there. For up-to-date info from the CCC staff at VT and stories of what God is doing there right now, you can visit campuscrusadeforchrist.com/virginiatech. There are stories and links to some of the students' television interviews.
As you go to prayer, I want to simply remind you of the promises of God. He promises to move on our behalf when we seek Him in prayer. How and why He condescends to us remains a mystery but "this is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us." (1 John 5:14) God promises to glorify His name, the name above all names, as we walk in dependence and submission to Him. (2 Thes. 1:12) And finally, God will bring people to Himself as He is lifted up. He is drawing people even now as students are looking for comfort, as they join Christians who are praying on campuses, even as they search the internet for the answers that they seek. I am convinced that He will use this tragic event in the lives of people all over the world to bring many into the only relationship that offers real and lasting peace.
The staff at Virginia Tech have asked us to specifically pray for the following things:
1. The families of the students who were killed
2. The students who were injured and still in the hospital
3. 4 students that were involved with Campus Crusade were killed. Please pray for their families and friends.
4. Survivors of the shootings who witnessed the horrors of that day. Pray for God¹s grace and comfort
5. Pray for wisdom for the CCC Staff and other campus ministers and pastors as they seek to counsel and love the hurting students
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