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Power of Prayer

Aug 31, 2023
1 min read

If you have been in Stoa for any length of time, you have probably become familiar with our Vision Statement, inspiring us “to develop world-class communicators who speak boldly and change the world for Christ”. In our own efforts, we might be able to train up world class communicators. However, speaking boldly in this generation and changing their world for Christ requires something more than we can give our students. It requires God to intervene in their lives. It requires His power to be living in them. As we start this school year, let’s pray for our Stoa students to develop a deep and abiding relationship with Jesus. Pray for them by name, look for ways to serve them, and watch the Lord work in their lives. Let Ezekiel 11:19-20 be the prayer we pray over our students this month. “I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow My decrees and be careful to keep My laws. They will be My people, and I will be their God.”


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Oct 14

https://ohneverifizierungcasino.com had never crossed my mind in this context until I read your point about praying for students by name rather than just in general, which is something I've been guilty of doing without really thinking about it. The Ezekiel passage about replacing a heart of stone with a heart of flesh hit me differently too, since I've watched teenagers in my own church soften over time in ways no program could engineer. It's a good reminder that the boldness you're describing probably grows out of that quiet inner change more than any speech technique.

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nytwordlehints
Oct 13

A gentle, grounding reflection! The power of prayer in Orthodox life is less about answers than presence - beautifully put here. Thanks for sharing, merge fellas

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