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FCS Blog 7 Oct 24

How many times have you told someone that you would pray for them, and a few hours or a few days
later, you remember that someone asked you to pray? Oftentimes, by that time you have forgotten
exactly what they asked you to pray for. What would you do if I asked you to pray for Faith Christian
School right now? My prayer is that you would take a few minutes and lift us up to our Lord and

Savior.

We picked the theme Battle Ready this year. We need to be ready to fight against the enemy on a
moment's notice. The time to prepare is not when the enemy shows up, but when there is peace. I
spent most of my life in the Army. Very little of that time was in a combat zone. Most of my career
was training and preparing in case there was a time when I would need to face the enemy and defeat
him. None of that time preparing was wasted. All of it made my unit and me ready to engage with

and defeat the enemy.

There has been a group of us that have met at 7:14 am (because of 2 Chronicles 7:14 which says, “If My
people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from
their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”NIV)
since the first week of school. We started by reading the book Draw the Circle by Mark Batterson. It is
a 40-day prayer challenge we took up to be Battle Ready. We felt it was so needed that we continued
with a book on praying the names of God. We know that we need to put on the full armor of God and
take the battle to the enemy instead of sitting back and waiting for him to come to us.
Faith Christian School is in a battle. Ephesians 6:12 say, “For our struggle is not against flesh and
blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and
against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” (NIV). We have had several incidents that
would indicate that we are in a spiritual battle. We have had students, parents, and staff not treating
each other as Christ would like us to. We have had physical illnesses that are out of the ordinary. We
have had family members of staff die in accidents. There has been a heaviness on campus that is

almost palpable.

Last week, the middle and high school had Spiritual Emphasis week. The first day was a short
message followed by a time of prayer. The students responded by pouring out their hearts to God.
Several students recommitted their lives to God. Many others cried out to God to have a deeper
relationship with Him. This is all preparing for and fighting the battle we are all going through. This is
the posture of fighting the enemy. I recently saw a sign that said, “If you can’t stand your life anymore,

get down on your knees and pray.”

I want to leave you with a challenge. I challenged the middle and high school students at the end of
our last chapel, and all of the teachers at our all-staff meeting with this. I ask and challenge you to
pray for FCS as a school, for our students, for our teachers and staff, and for our families for two
minutes each day. You can add it to your regular prayer time. You can pray on your way to school.
You can pray while you are waiting for your child(ren) in the car line. You can pray while you are
making and eating breakfast. I would love to see parents come to school and pray with and for our
students, teachers, and other families or get together and intercede for FCS in each other’s homes or
at the coffee shop. It doesn’t matter when you pray as long as you do. We need all the prayers you

are willing to pray, so we can be Battle Ready.

God Bless,
David