DAY TWENTY-THREE: PRAYERS FOR WASSCE CANDIDATES

Welcome to day twenty-three of our forty-day retreat and reflections.

We are reflecting on the lives of students in Ghana who will be completing their second cycle education in a few months.

I want us to pray for them because of the key role this examination plays in the lives of these students.
Dreams have been shattered by the outcome of these examinations.

Reflecting on my personal experience as I was preparing to write this same exam some years ago, I really see the need for us to commit these students into the Lord's hands.

Strange things happened to me before and during the examinations.

1. I had difficulty studying for my exam.
2. My friends were having issues with me.
3. On the last day of my final exam, I went totally blank.
I couldn't remember anything I had studied for my paper.
The shocking thing was, it was the only paper I had about ten days to prepare for.
I had worked so hard to study for that paper and I was very confident in myself that I would do well....more than I was for the other papers.

And I was blank!

I remember how hard I cried...

Shall we pray:

Dear Lord,
We thank you for these precious ones who are completing this phase in their education.
Father, we ask that Your Holy Spirit guides and directs them as they study.
Please give strength to those who are facing domestic and financial issues to pull through with their exams successfully.
Lord we ask for Divine Wisdom for them to apply all the knowledge they are gathering as is expected of them by their tutors.
Holy Spirit please help them to be truthful in all their endeavours.
May they not succumb to the pressures of cheating and all other forms of examination malpractice which will destroy their future.
Keep them and protect them dear Lord.

In Jesus mighty name.
Amen!

God bless you.

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