IFES Prayerline

Closed Borders, Renewed Connections through Alumni

As the world was shutting down, in the Caribbean new things were beginning. 
In this week’s Prayerline, discover how two former student presidents chose to remake their old connections just in time to support the Caribbean movements through the pandemic.  

Keeping IFES thriving, together

‘The vision of the student generation living for Christ is so much more significant when it’s for all nations. Isn’t there more power and wonder in the vision of a Saviour’s purposes that can be transposed onto rainforests and slums and suburbs, across oceans and barbed wire?’
Our latest Prayerline asks you to pray for IFES staff like Lena, Duncan and Sarah, who are working to fulfil a vision of students reached for Christ worldwide.

No ordinary fight

Suddenly an angel walked out of the wall. Then another. And another.
Sezim was surrounded. This wasn’t your average late night study session. This was a battle.
How did God strengthen Sezim to stand up to her professor? Find out in this week’s Prayerline.

The apologetic scientist

Jonas thought it was best to keep his mouth shut. He loved God, but he also had a lot of big questions about faith. He did not want anyone to associate his questions with skepticism.
When he went to university, he finally found people who had questions too. He was introduced to a wide world of apologetics. Now with support from the IFES Logos and Cosmos Initiative he is using his research to integrate faith and science.
Hear him explain why he was excited to join the Logos and Cosmos Initiative.
Find out more about Jonas’ story and the vision of Logos and Cosmos in this week’s Prayerline.

Hearts of prayer, hands of service

This time last year students in Nepal were busy calling up graduates with a big idea. They wanted their World Student Day to have a big impact on their immediate community. 
World Student Day 2021 is coming up in just a few weeks. What are your plans? Read this week’s Prayerline to inspire your own ideas for this global day of prayer.  
https://ifesworld.org/en/wsd/

When we welcome the foreigner

As we launch Sobremesa this week, we need your prayers! Pray that students would take up the call to show God’s love their international neighbors. Pray that they would recognize the foreigners on their campus and welcome them into their homes and lives. Listen more about how you can pray in this week’s Prayerline.  
https://sobremesa.ifesworld.org/en/

That the world may know

“Commission conference changed my life, and I really thank God. I was able to discover my God-given gift. ” 
What happens when students go to Commission? They create hundreds of outreach programs. They start financing missions projects. They even decide to serve as missionaries themselves.  
Commission 2021 is happening this fall. While this event is organized by FOCUS Kenya, its online format will make it available to participants from around the world. Find out more on this week’s Prayerline. 

Waiting for your friends

We have all been there. You invite your friend to an event at your campus group and they say no every time. Or maybe you ask them how you can pray for them, and they change the subject. It is hard to watch your friends repeatedly reject faith. 
José always wished his friend Andrés could experience his hope and faith. But a phone call during the pandemic surprised him.
Listen more on this week’s Prayerline.  
Learn more about scripture engagement here: https://scriptureengagement.ifesworld.org/en/