Feb. 20-26
Scripture:
Psalm 119:130 (NIV)
The unfolding of your word gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
Prayer:
- Pray for students to seek wisdom and understanding as they grow spiritually and learn to trust and build confidence in their faith.
- Pray for students to remember to keep their prayer times with God and to learn from reading the Word.
- Pray for students to be accountable to one another and to encourage each other.
- Pray for students who are struggling with their classes, and pray that they will seek the help they need and will fulfill the requirements of their classes.
- Pray for students who entered Whitworth in 2011, as their high achievments are recognized at the Feb. 26 Honors Colloquium. Pray for these students’ continued success.
- Pray as we gather for community worship in the chapel on Feb. 21. Ask that our community would be encouraged by the message, based on Mark 1:23-28.
- Pray as we come together to enjoy community worship Feb. 23, as we hear from Associate Professor of Music Brent Edstrom and celebrate the Lord’s Supper.
- Pray for Initiative 4.2 of Whitworth 2021, “Courage at the Crossroads.” Ask that we would be successful in assessing current efforts to assist students, faculty and staff in developing intercultural competencies, and that we might measure their effects on the relational quality of the campus environment regarding the living, learning, and working experiences of all members of the Whitworth community.
Thanksgiving:
Lord, we are so thankful because we know that you have plans for us; thank you for being our guide always. We are grateful for your word unfolding before us, and we thank you for lighting our way and giving us understanding in the most difficult times.
Feb. 13-19
Scripture:
Psalm 37:3 (NIV)
Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Prayer:
- Pray that all of our students will be continually encouraged to achieve their goals and pursue their dreams.
- Pray that students will continue to make sound decisions in their schoolwork, their jobs, and their relationships.
- Pray that students will seek the Lord and that they will share their faith with others in love and in truth.
- Pray that the Lord will continue to equip students with every good work and that they will be prepared both “in season” and “out of season.”
- Pray for students who are auditioning on Feb. 12 for 2012-13 music scholarships.
- Pray for students who will have the opportunity on Feb. 14 to find out about studying abroad for Jan Term 2013; ask that they seek wisdom and knowledge about their possible destinations.
- Pray as our campus gathers for community worship Feb. 14 in the chapel as we continue the series on the miracles from Marks’ Gospel.
- Pray for the Class of 2012 as its members prepare for their next journey and for what it means to be a Whitworthian for life.
- Pray as we gather for community worship on Feb. 16 to celebrate in praise and worship and to serve one another through the Lord’s Supper.
- Pray as students attend the Feb. 17 Whitworth Leadership Fair to learn more about the opportunities for leadership positions on campus.
- Pray for Initiative 4.1 of Whitworth 2021, “Courage at the Crossroads,” as Whitworth aspires to achieve and sustain a level of excellence that values the role of a welcoming and diverse community and to strengthen its capacity to assess, monitor, support and lead efforts to achieve institutional goals for diversity, inclusiveness and intercultural competency.
Thanksgiving:
Lord, we are so thankful that you equip us for our challenges, even though sometimes we may feel that you are far away. We are grateful for the victories, and we thank you even for the failures, for in them we find strength – because you have promised never to leave us nor forsake us, and we delight in your ways.
Feb. 6-12
Scripture:
Psalms 73:28 (NIV)
But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.
Prayer:
- Pray for our students, who need both physical and spiritual strength as they continue into the spring semester.
- Pray that students will truly come to know the meaning and purpose of their lives, and that they will have the knowledge, understanding, and skills to help make this world a better place for the glory of God.
- Pray for our faculty as they encourage the progress and success of our students, and ask that they continue to have the confidence and wisdom necessary for such important work.
- Continue to pray for the faculty art exhibit, “Smoke and Mirrors,” as our campus enjoys the work of our very talented Whitworth art faculty through Feb. 11.
- Pray for our community worship service in the chapel on Feb. 7, as Dean of Spiritual Life Terry McGonigal shares with us the miracles from Mark’s Gospel.
- Pray as students gather Feb. 7 for Hosanna, an evening of praise and worship.
- Pray for the Whitworth University Camp Fair, Feb. 8, where local camps will recruit students for summer employment.
- Pray for students who welcome vendors from the community during the Feb. 9 Health and Wellness Fair, as local businesses determine how best to serve students’ health and wellness needs.
- Pray for students, faculty and staff as they celebrate the Lord’s Supper on Feb. 9 in our community worship service.
- Pray for the members of our men’s and women’s swim teams as they compete at the NWC championships Feb. 10-12.
- Pray for the men’s and women’s basketball teams as they compete at Linfield on Feb. 10 and Pacific on Feb. 11.
- Pray for Initiative 3.3 of Whitworth 2021, “Courage at the Crossroads,” and ask that we meet our goal of establishing ongoing assessment of our study-abroad programs, ensuring their consistent quality and connections to Whitworth’s educational goals.
Thanksgiving:
Lord, we acknowledge that your plans for us are more important that what we desire. We thank you throughout the day for supplying all of our needs. We are thankful knowing that you care for us in the midst of our busy lives.
Jan. 30-Feb. 5
Scripture:
Psalms 36:7 (NIV)
How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings.
Prayer:
- Pray for our students as they experience the complexities of life. Ask that the Lord will give them the vision to see the path set before them.
- Pray that God grants our students the courage to use their gifts and talents to bring God’s love to others.
- Pray that students will continue to be encouraged to pray for one another.
- Pray as Whitworth University comes together and celebrates Opening Convocation and Founder’s Day Feb. 2.
- Pray for the success of the faculty art exhibit, “Smoke and Mirrors,” which runs through Feb. 11, and ask that students, faculty and staff will enjoy the exhibit featuring work by Whitworth’s gifted art faculty.
- Pray for a time of relaxation for our students as some of them come together to enjoy fellowship and food on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 5.
- Remember our men’s and women’s basketball teams as they prepare for important games against Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran in the fieldhouse on Feb. 3-4.
- Pray for initiative 3.2 of our Whitworth 2021 strategic plan/vision statement, “Courage at the Crossroads.” Ask that Whitworth will meet the initiative’s goals of expanding opportunities for students, faculty and staff to engage people from other cultures on the Whitworth campus.
Thanksgiving:
We are so thankful for your great love for us, and for the fact that, because of that love, we are admonished to love others. Thank you for loving us and abiding in us. Please, Lord, teach us daily to walk in love and let love be perfected in our lives.
Jan. 23-29
Scripture:
Psalm 32:8 (NIV)
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.
Prayer:
- Pray that our students who have been called to lead will have a passion to share their faith with boldness.
- Pray for students to be inspired to follow Christ and to let their light shine on and off campus.
- Pray that students will seek God’s face with all their hearts and souls and strength.
- Pray that students will stand firm in their faith and that they will not waver in their hope and perfect charity.
- Pray that faculty and staff will be strengthened as they prepare for the spring term and the many tasks that lie before them.
- Pray for Whitworth President Beck Taylor as he leads us in 2012; ask that he will continue to find strength and wisdom in the Lord.
- Pray for Initiative 3.1 of “Courage at the Crossroads,” Whitworth’s 2011-21 strategic plan. Ask God to expand opportunities for students to study language, engage other cultures and explore understandings of justice in cross-cultural settings throughout the world.
Thanksgiving:
Sometimes, Lord, it’s so hard to see. We squint and struggle to make sense of what you’re showing us. Help us to know when you are guiding us, Lord, and let us know when we are clutching at the wrong answers. Help us know, as the process of peace unfolds, how best to follow your voice, how to love each other with your perfect love, and how to continue to turn to you and, when it’s your will, to wait until the time you choose to answer our prayers. Thank you for teaching us how to live in your care and respond to your voice.
Jan. 16-22
Scripture:
Psalm 143:1 (NIV)
LORD, hear my prayer, and listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness, come to my relief.
Prayer:
- Pray that our students will persevere in good times and in times of adversity as they continue their Jan Term classes.
- Pray that our students will be empowered to live in the love of God and to seek peace together on our campus.
- Pray for faculty and staff as they guide, support and help students during Jan Term. Pray that God will heal and sustain with loving care our students who are ill or in need.
- Pray that our students will continue to pray for other students who may be going through times of loneliness or crisis in their lives; ask that they may provide help to one another.
- Celebrate with prayer the Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday (Jan. 15). Praise God for those who sacrificed their lives for justice.
- Pray for Initiative 3.1 of the “Courage at the Crossroads” 2011-2021 strategic plan. Ask that we be enabled to expand opportunities for students to study language, engage other cultures, and explore understandings of justice in cross-cultural settings throughout the world.
Thanksgiving:
Lord, we thank you that you hear our prayers and that you listen to our cries. We are grateful that you offer us the mercy, faithfulness and righteousness that relieve us of our despair.
Jan. 9-15
Scripture:
Psalm 63:3-4 (NIV)
Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you, I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
Prayer:
- Pray for our students, faculty and staff who began their travels abroad this week. Ask for their safety and for enriched learning experiences for all of our Jan Term travelers.
- Whitworth is in the process of hiring for the following positions: vice president for student life, dean of arts and sciences, and dean of the School of Global Commerce & Management. Pray that we will discern God’s will, and ask for God’s wisdom for both the candidates and the selection committees.
- Pray for our students as they make decisions in regard to healthy relationships and studies.
- Pray that God will encourage students to achieve their goals and pursue their dreams.
- Pray for our student-athletes as they strive to do their best in representing the Whitworth Pirate spirit.
- Pray that our students will continue to share their faith with others.
- Pray for Initiative 2.7 of the 2011-21 Plan “Courage at the Crossroads,” as we work to sustain and enhance intercollegiate athletics as a nationally recognized National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III program that is committed to academic and competitive excellence.
Thanksgiving:
We are so thankful, Lord, to know that your love is better than life; our lips will proclaim your goodness in our everyday lives. We are grateful that we can lift you up in praise as long as we live.
Dec. 12-Jan. 2
Prayer:
- Please pray for our students, faculty and staff as they travel to be with family and friends over the holidays. Please keep in prayer the students and faculty who will travel on off-campus study programs during Jan Term. Pray for their safety and for the opportunity to learn from people in diverse cultures about the richness of God’s creativity throughout the world. Pray that the students and faculty will experience God’s presence as they travel and bond together on their sojourn.
- This is the season during which many applicants will receive news about admission decisions to Whitworth and to other universities. Please pray for each student as he or she discerns God’s will regarding which university to attend. May each student have wisdom and peace.
- We are in the midst of filling a number of faculty, staff and administrative positions on campus. Please pray for the candidates and for those who are hiring, that God’s wisdom will prevail.
Please note: On Bended Knee will resume on Jan. 9, 2012
Dec. 5-11
Scripture:
Psalm 92:1-2 (NIV)
It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O most High, to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night.
Prayer:
- Pray that students who are facing economic challenges will be able to meet their financial obligations.
- Pray that students will stand strong in their faith and that their commitment to prayer and worship will increase.
- Pray for traveling mercies as our Whitworth Choir travels to Seattle and then returns to Spokane for Whitworth’s annual Christmas Festival concerts, and ask that our singers will lift God up through their songs.
- Pray that joy will resound throughout the Whitworth community as we gather for our traditional Christmas reception and dinner, hosted by Beck and Julie Taylor, on Dec. 5.
- Pray for those who will participate and perform in “A Festival of Short Plays,” Dec. 6-8.
- Pray for our chapel service on Dec. 6, as Campus Pastor Mindy Smith shares with us from Philippians 4:2-14.
- Pray for chapel team leaders as they share with us through Christmas music and prayer in our chapel services on Dec. 6 and 8.
- Pray for the upcoming candlelight service in chapel, featuring the Whitworth Men’s Chorus, on Dec. 11.
- Pray for Initiative 2.3 of the Whitworth 2021 plan, “Courage at the Crossroads,” through which the university will promote compelling opportunities for advanced collaborative learning, creative expression, research, cross-cultural engagement, leadership development and other enriching learning activities to attract and retain high-achieving students.
Thanksgiving:
God, it is good to praise you and to sing praises unto your name. We are most grateful for your extravagant grace, given to us through your son, Jesus Christ, whose birth we prepare to celebrate during this Advent season.
Nov. 27-Dec. 4
Scripture:
Psalm 119:160
Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and every one of your righteous judgments endures forever.
Prayer:
- Pray for students as they return from the Thanksgiving holidays; ask that they will be refreshed through their time with family and friends.
- Pray for students who are struggling with class assignments and ask that they will know that God is able to do exceedingly and abundantly above all they could ever ask or think.
- Pray that students who are ill will experience a quick recovery so that they may complete the semester with strength in body, mind, and spirit.
- Pray for students who have lost loved ones over the past several weeks. Remember their families and ask that they find continued support within our Whitworth community.
- Pray for Faculty Scholarship Forum on Nov. 28, as faculty members gather.
- Pray for chapel services on Nov. 29 as Assistant V. P. Larry Burnley shares from Philippians 3:17-21.
- Pray for all those involved in the concert band and Jazz Ensemble II fall concert on Nov. 29 for the overall success of the event.
- Pray for Thursday chapel as the community gathers Dec. 1 for Advent music and prayer.
- Pray for traveling mercies as the Whitworth University Choir performs its Christmas Festival concerts in Bellevue on Dec. 3 and in Seattle on Dec. 4. Pray that God will use them to bring the gift of praise and worship to the body of Christ.
- Pray for Initiative 2.2 of the Whitworth 2021: Courage at the Crossroads strategic plan as Whitworth continues to develop and implement a vision for 21st-century teaching and learning that enhances academic rigor and educational outcomes.
Thanksgiving:
God, we are so grateful to you for the revelation of your trustworthy Word, for it is reliable and dependable, and it never fails. During this Advent season we are reminded again through your Word that you remain faithful to your promises and committed to be present with all your people throughout the world.
