First of all, thank you so much for committing to pray for a High School student attending MOVE! Prayer carries us through difficult circumstances, breaks chains of generational sin, opens hearts, and transforms minds. We believe that it is one of the most important and impactful things that we can do for people. It is real, true, powerful ministry. So thank you.

On this page, you will find some specific ways to pray over the next few weeks as we anticipate all that Jesus has in store for these young people

Getting Started

Hopefully, you’ve received a MOVE Key Tag from the youth minister at your Church. Make sure a student’s name is written on it! No name on it? Feel free to write the name of a students attending MOVE this summer or ask the youth minister at your church if there’s a name you should write! Don’t have MOVE Key Tag? No problem! Just ask the youth minister for one. We want these to serve as a daily reminder to pray for a specific student from your Church.

As you look at this keychain consider Paul’s words in Ephesians 3:20-21, “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."

Imagine what God can do in the lives and hearts of this generation. Whatever you’re imagining, God can do IMMEASURABLY more! Let’s make that our prayer!

Before MOVE

This year’s theme is Kingdom Workers. All week we’re going to be working through the book of Ephesians to explore three big questions every teenager is quietly asking:

We encourage you to prayerfully read through the book of Ephesians with us this week! It has so much to say about who we really are and why we’re here. And our anchor verse for the whole week is Ephesians 2:10: “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

In other words: No student is an accident. They are God’s masterpiece. And He has placed purpose right in front of them.

Pray that in this time leading up to MOVE, that God would protect their hearts and minds. The evil one is trying to give these young people false answers to all of these questions they’re asking. Pray that God would protect their hearts from the lies and reveal His beautiful truth.

During MOVE

Alright! They're on the bus headed to MOVE. Below are the daily themes and scriptures we'll be going through at MOVE together. Please be praying over each day’s message and that God’s Spirit does a deep work through each session.

SCRIPTURE: Ephesians 2:10; 1:17 and Acts 9:1-22

DESCRIPTION: Tonight we start where the whole week hinges: the question of identity. Paul prays in Ephesians 1 that believers would have their eyes opened. That they’d have a revelation of who Jesus is and who they are because of Him. We’re praying the same thing tonight. That students would begin to see themselves the way God sees them.

In a world full of noise, comparison, and pressure to perform, that’s not a small thing. But it’s exactly the truth we’re inviting them into this week.

That students would recognize that God is speaking to us through Jesus. Pray He will grab their whole attention and that they would listen to his voice.

That students would be able to eliminate the distractions from home, the drive to MOVE, and the worries and concerns they may have coming into this week so they can focus on Jesus and his presence.

MORNING: We’ve been chosen and loved since the beginning.

EVENING: Everyone is invited to experience the wholeness of God’s love.

This morning we start with Ephesians 1:3–14. And we’ll introduce something that’s going to carry students through the whole week: Kingdom Workers know they are loved.

Paul writes that God “chose us in Him before the creation of the world” and “predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ.” That’s the foundation everything else is built on. Not performance. Not achievement. Not being enough. Just love, freely given, before we ever did a thing to earn it.

For some students, this is easy to hear. For others, it’s hard to believe. That God could really love them. And we’re not going to rush past that tension. We want them to sit with it, wrestle with it, and begin to consider it as a real possibility.

Tonight, we go even deeper. We’re looking at Ephesians 3, where Paul reveals what he calls a “mystery”. That God’s love is for everyone. Not just certain kinds of people. Not just people who have it together. Everyone. Paul can barely contain his excitement as he writes it, and we want students to feel that same wonder.

His prayer in Ephesians 3:14–21 is that they would grasp, like really grasp the width, length, height, and depth of God’s love. Not just know it as a fact but feel the weight of it.

Pray that your student believes they are loved. Not just that they hear it, but that something shifts in them today and they begin to receive it.

Pray for honest conversations. Tonight, some students will start opening up to their group leaders. Pray that your student is one of them.

Pray that no one feels like an outsider. The message tonight is that no one is too far gone for God’s love. Pray that lands.

MORNING: True rescue begins when we recognize our need for hope.

EVENING: We have been rescued from life to death.

This morning we’re in Ephesians 1:15–23, looking at Paul’s prayer that believers would have their eyes opened and that they’d know the hope they’ve been called to and the power that raised Jesus from the dead. We want students to understand: the same power that conquered death is at work in them.

Some students today are carrying things that make hope feel far off. Hopelessness. A sense that they don’t have much to offer. Or a question of whether God’s love could really be for them. This morning is the primer, stirring hearts and opening eyes before tonight’s message.

Because tonight is our clearest Gospel night of the week. We’re in Ephesians 2:1–9: “You were dead in your transgressions and sins… but God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ.”

That’s the story. You were dead; but God. Even when we were far off, even when we were His enemies, He stepped in. Salvation isn’t something we earn or achieve. It’s a gift, completely undeserved, freely given, received by faith. No waiting list. No prerequisites. No terms and conditions.

This is our gospel night, and we believe God is going to move.

Pray that students hear and respond to the gospel. For some, tonight could be the moment they say yes to Jesus for the very first time. For others, it could be a moment of recommitment.

Pray that shame is shattered. That whatever lies your student has believed about themselves would be silenced by the truth of who God says they are.

Pray for courage. That they would take a bold step tonight, whether that’s walking forward, or having an honest conversation with a leader.

MORNING: We are being changed to be united with one another

EVENING: We are being changed to walk differently

This morning we’re in Ephesians 4:1–16. After spending the first part of the week rooted in identity and the Gospel, today we turn a corner: What does it look like to live like someone who has been rescued?

Paul calls us to “live a life worthy of the calling you have received.” And one of the clearest signs of that life? Unity. He says to make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. Unity isn’t just something that happens, it’s something we fight for and protect.

We’re helping students see that the people they choose to walk with, serve with, and worship with actually shape them. And that the Church, their community, is one of the loudest ways the world sees who Jesus is.

Tonight, we go deeper with Ephesians 5:1–21. Paul says to imitate God and walk in love just as Jesus did. When Jesus rescues us, He doesn’t just forgive us; He transforms us. The way we walk changes. The choices we make start to look different. For many students, tonight could be a powerful moment of repentance. Laying down things that don’t belong and stepping into a way of life that points others to Jesus.

Pray that your student sees the value of daily, ongoing faith. Not just emotional mountaintop moments, but long-term transformation.

Pray that they identify what’s been holding them back. Whether it’s a relationship, a habit, or something they’ve been carrying quietly, pray they lay it down tonight.

Pray for unity in their friend group and their youth group. That your student would be a peacemaker when they go home.

EVENING: Kingdom workers are sent forward and out.

This morning we’re in Ephesians 6:1–9, and the message is this: Kingdom Work starts at home.

We often think of “being sent” as something dramatic: moving across the world, doing something big and visible. But Paul challenges that idea. He writes about everyday relationships: parents and children, people in authority, people in community. The Gospel has to shape the way we live in our closest circles. The way your student treats their family, responds to authority, and shows up in their everyday relationships. That’s where Kingdom Work begins.

This session is going to challenge students to see that when MOVE ends, the mission doesn’t. They’re being sent back to their homes, their schools, their teams, and their communities. Not by accident, but with purpose.

And tonight? Tonight is a celebration. We close with Ephesians 6:10–22—the armor of God. Paul reminds us that Kingdom Work is a daily grind, and to step into it, we have to be equipped. Truth. Righteousness. Peace. Faith. Salvation. God’s Word. Not to fight with fists, but to stand our ground and move forward with confidence.

And then Paul asks for one more thing: prayer. Specifically, that he’d have the right words to boldly declare the Gospel. That’s our prayer over your student tonight that God would give them courage and words to share what He’s done in their lives.

Pray for the transition home. That what’s been stirred up here would continue to grow through your conversations, your church community, and your everyday life together.

Pray that your student sees their everyday life as their mission field. Their home, school, team, and friendships are exactly where God is sending them.

Pray for boldness. That they wouldn’t stay quiet about what God has done this week and that they’d walk in the confidence that comes from knowing who they are.

After MOVE

The last day of MOVE is maybe the most beautiful. Because it’s the first day of everything that happens next. Pray that…

God would continue to reveal himself in new and beautiful ways to them in the coming days and weeks.

That the seeds that were planted before and during MOVE would continue to bear much fruit to the glory of God!

They would feel a true and deeper connection to their church family.

They would be committed to lives of Kingdom work.

Thank you so much for caring so deeply for these students that you would take the time to pray for them over these past few weeks. We’re so glad to partner with you in this ministry!

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