As we get ready for going back to school, we can be praying for the students that will be starting a new school year. To aid us, we can think of these prayers in terms of the five "W's" of writing.

Who: God

Genesis 1:1, 27, 31

Psalm 103:8-18

John 3:16

Deuteronomy 6:5-9

What:

• For needs
• For your worries
• For strength in temptation
• For direction and wisdom

Matthew 6:32-33

1 Peter 5:7

1 John 5:14

Matthew 26:41

James 1:5

When:

Ephesians 6:18

Where:

• Privately - Matthew 6:6
• With others - Acts 4:31

Why:

• It's God's will

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Romans 8:32

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Palm 34:1-8

Many of us have already surrendered the easy things, but now God is calling us to surrender everything else… the really hard parts. When we experience God and his goodness, it's hard to to praise him. God works for our righteousness more than we do.

When we come to church, it's like a spiritual buffet:

• Sample everything

Just like when you take leftovers home after a large meal at a restaurant, if you didn't get a chance to absorb everything from a church service:

• Pack it up

Don't let those thing that you take home go unused:

• Finish your leftovers

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John 15:1-17

We are like branches of a grapevine, and we can only bear fruit if we're connected to the vine, which is Jesus. Bearing this fruit equates to spiritual maturity. Spiritual maturity is summed up by Jesus' command to love, and to do that, we are called to lay down our lives for one another. Here are three ways we can gauge and improve our love:

• Love quicker
• Love broader
• Love deeper

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