Spiritual Emphasis Week

This will just be a quick note and request for prayer, but this week is Spiritual Emphasis Week at our school, where we have extra chapels and take class time away to focus on specific areas of study from Scripture to discuss and apply to the students' lives. This year we are studying Deuteronomy 6:4-6 (and also the passage in Matthew), focusing on what it means to love the Lord with all our heart, mind, and strength. I feel like God has been at work, with having 2 great sermons in chapel so far that seemed to be relevant to the kids, and then some good discussions and questions in my small group time with 5 high school girls. Please pray for the Spirit to be present for the rest of the week, to be stirring in the hearts of our students, especially those who don't know Christ personally. Today we talked about loving the Lord with our minds and we really challenged some of them in the beliefs they have and why they have them, which seems to stir them up quite a bit. But pray that this would cause them to seek the Lord and seek answers to the questions they have, rather than lead to frustration and doubt. Also, there is no doubt a spiritual battle going on in our school and we have had many students out with sickness over the last week or so, so please pray for health and for those students who really need to hear from the Lord this week to be healthy and at school, despite how the Enemy wants to keep them home and not hearing the Truth. Thanks for the prayers and support.. more updates will come soon!