Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. Brothers and sisters, pray for us. (1 Thessalonians 5:23-25, ESV)

Happy New Year! As we welcome the year 2025, the NCFI Prayer and Care Committee wants to send a request—pray for NCFI! Below are some ideas on how to integrate the needs of NCFI into your prayer time. 

One way is to download and possibly print the Quarterly Prayer Guide. Here is the link

The prayer guide is a large table with the rows as weeks for each quarter. The 5 columns are areas and include the six regions, national fellowships, next-generation, and non-member country contacts. There are also requests specific for the NCFI organization: Directors, International Board, Leadership, Partner Organizations, and Institute of Christian Nursing. It may be overwhelming to see so many requests on a 4 page document. Here are a few suggestions on various ways to use the guide to pray for NCFI.

–Choose one day of the week dedicated to NCFI. Then, during your morning or evening prayer time take a few minutes to pray across the row.

–Add NCFI to a specific prayer time on a daily basis. For example, right before bedtime, pray for one square for that week.

–During a monthly national or group fellowship meeting, divide up the group prayer requests and spend a few minutes praying for nurses around the globe. You would take note of the months on the far left column.

–If your national/local fellowship has a texting/messaging group, assign someone to place the requests in the group messaging. This can be done daily, weekly, monthly, or bi-monthly.

These are just a few suggestions to include NCFI prayer requests into your regular prayer time.

NCFI appreciate your prayers to fulfill our mission in encouraging Christian nurses live out their faith in nurses.