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The Pledge – Cru Winter Conference /// Portland 2014

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The last night of Cru Conference, students were challenged to sign a pledge that they will go, do, say, and give, whatever God asks of them. Then, they wrote out one or more things they were surrendering to God on a post-it note, and placed it on this backlit cityscape.
Students surrendered to God …

“I want to do the Lord’s will, and give my whole life to the one who gave it to me.”

“FEAR”

“I want to give up my inability to open up. Lord you show me grace and love, lead me in the way and give me strength to TRUST wholly in you Lord. Break down the barriers around my heart and fill me with your Spirit more than ever. Amen.”

“Say what you want me to say … Listen with your ears … speak love to all.”

stiks“Take my life, it is no longer my own.”

“All that I am, soul, mind, being. I give to the KING.”

“My identity.”

“My soul is Yours, and Yours alone, God.”

“Anxiety and Fear.”

“I surrender my fear, pride, and heart. – Use me –”

“Worry. Guilt. Pride. Relationships.”

“Lord, be my rock. Show me your great love. And may that satisfy me … no matter how dark the night. Joy comes in the morning.”


About 450 students joined us in Portland for Cru Winter Conference

Please pray for those students – that they will not lose the passion they’ve found for God and sharing his gospel, and that their intentions will turn into actions as they follow through.

Please pray for the campus staff – that they would have wisdom and grace to hold the students accountable to commitments and decisions they made at the conference.

Please pray for the 288 students who signed The Pledge:

Lord Jesus, I surrender to You,
and in the power of Your Spirit,

I will…

→ GO where you want me to GO
→ DO what you want me to DO
→ SAY what you want me to SAY
→ GIVE what you want me to GIVE

So far, 96 students have started applications for a Summer Mission with Cru, and several campuses are launching initiatives for the spring, in which students are given opportunities to put these ideas into action and share the gospel with people already around them at school.

Other students have taken steps to apply for a STINT – a year overseas with Cru – to launch moments on campuses filled with students from every corner of the world.

Joanna Wilson

Joanna graduated from the University of Idaho with a degree in journalism in 2012. She joined staff with Cru in 2015, after interning for two years. Now, she's excited to continue sharing awesome stories about God's work on campus full time. She loves old books, swing dancing, and exciting stories.