0 I, Pra er A week before the fall semester Day of Prayer began, posters covered the lower level of the SSC. While the Day of Prayer has typically been announced with posters,these were interesting because the word "Day" was crossed out and replaced with "Life of Prayer," leaving students to wonder what the Advisory 7,and God, had in store for them. When most students left their dorms to walk to the DMC on that chilly, overcast morning, it was just a few minutes before chapel. However, members of the President's Council woke up much earlier for a breakfast with faculty and staff. This Leadership Breakfast has been a Day of Prayer tradition for many years. Members of Ad 7 were also present at the breakfast. One member Yosef Hassan explained that this year's Day of Prayer was,"not like other years, not focused on the Lord's Prayer." Phil Schanely, another member of Ad 7, further explained:"Part of the difference is in the liveliness of the service. It's more uplifting and encouraging." Mark Irving, the day's keynote speaker, used personal examples from his days at Cedarville to talk abou his struggle to find God's will. He said, "I was a worry-wort; perhaps you can relate." But then he chal students to consider that "if you're worrying about God's will, you're not really in it." The s on, Irving explained, is to pray continually,just as it says in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18. "If you're ng this command, ou're notjust living a day of prayer, but a life of prayer." By the vening bonfire, most students would agree with SGA chaplain Mike Clutz that it had been "a day of refreshment and stopping,a time to refuel." During worship, Lisa Wendl joins in singing with others. "My favorite part of this chapel was when we prayed in groups with the people sitting around us." she said. Breaking into a small group, Rachel Marley prays with a friend "The theme 'Life of Prayer' was such a beautiful reminder that 1 must be in constant conversation with my heavenly Daddy as I trust in Him to calm my restless heart and guide my every step Marley said Craig Vinson participates from his pew. "I was overwhelmed by a feeling to pray for my family. It was emotional crying out to God for my family," Vinson said 1.01. 4.41. I I1
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