Virginia Students Unite for Their Generation

The University of Virginia students are organizing for 40 days of fasting and prayer leading up to the national Collegiate Day of Prayer which is happening on February 25, 2016. The Luke 18 Project will organize the fast. A spokesperson for the Luke 18 Project stated that the idea to hold the 40 day event comes from the Biblical story of Jesus going into the wilderness for 40 days to fast and pray. “As Jesus went into the wilderness for 40 days to fast and pray before He ‘returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit,’ what could happen if the college students of America gave themselves to 40 days to fast and pray for another Jesus movement in our nation?”

In 2016 this will mark the 200^th “year that colleges across the nation have participated in the national Collegiate Day of Prayer, where students are encouraged to unite and pray for the fate of their nation. As of Monday, 105 colleges in the U.S. are set to participate in the Collegiate Day of Prayer. The purpose of the Collegiate Day of Prayer is the importance of instilling prayer and faith in younger generations of Americans for the sake of the country. ‘As the students go, so goes our nation! If we win the spiritual battles across our nation but neglect our college campuses, all our progress will be undone in a generation.”’

Consequently, students all over the country “need our support and earnest prayers. However, college students don’t just need more prayer, they need our united prayer. Without a greater degree of genuine, unified prayer, our hopes and dreams for this generation may never be realized.”

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