Every day, students carry invisible burdens—anxiety about grades or friendships, feelings of loneliness, pressures to be perfect or even the battle of depression. Some face fear about their future, while others find navigating issues like ADHD, body image, or panic attacks extremely overwhelming. Many feel like they have to keep it all together on the outside while quietly falling apart on the inside.

But the truth of Scripture tells us something radically different: we are not alone, and we are not expected to carry these burdens by ourselves. God invites us to bring all of our worries, stress, and struggles to Him, because He cares for us deeply, personally, & constantly.

Jesus doesn’t shame us for our weaknesses. He meets us in them. He understands our mental and emotional struggles. In fact, Isaiah 53:3 says He was “a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.” He’s not distant from the darkness. He’s willing to walk into it with us, to sit in it with us, and to lead us out.

Let’s pray for our students to know this: that they don’t have to face their inner battles alone. That there is hope. That there is healing. That their identity is not in what they feel but in who God is and what He says about them.