I am going to be speaking at a banquet tonight for the campus ministry where I first became serious about my walk with Jesus.  I had grown up in the church, but it was there on a sin-saturated college campus that I really learned about having a REAL relationship with Jesus.  It was there that I first felt called to ministry.

As I think about the college experience in general, I am saddened that there isn't more effort put into college people by the church.  I am also saddened that so many families don't prepare their children for the attacks on their faith that will come in such a  setting.  But I am excited by the ministry that is being done there.  Truly this is a field white for harvest.

Father God,
I think back to my days on campus.  Days filled with discovery and growth.  Days filled with learning and changing.  Days filled with temptation and distraction and trouble.  You were there for me in those days and I thank you for your guidance and protection.
   I lift up to you now, those who are on campus now.  Those who are confronted by professors determined to belittle you and prove you don't exist.  Those who are drawn into sinful lifestyles by their so called "friends."  Those who are searching for a truth, a reality bigger than themselves.  I pray Lord that you would raise up faithful workers to reach out to them.  To walk with them through their explorations and to ground them in your Word.  Lord they need Jesus. 

Amen