How to Pray for your Pastor (Part 1)
One of the people that need our
prayers more than any other person that you may know would be a pastor. Pastors bear their own burdens and the
burdens of the many members of their church.
They wear many different hats and sometimes several at the same
time. These men of God need our prayers
daily and sometimes several times daily.
This list is not a completelist nor is this thought original with me by
any means. Here are several things we
need to pray daily for our pastor. It
may take time to pray through the entire list every day, but praying for some
of them over a period of time will be beneficial to your pastor and to you.
1.
Pray that your pastor will love God with all his heart, soul, mind, and
strength. Pray that God’s Spirit will work in his heart in power and that he
will value and follow biblical priorities.
2.
Pray that your pastor will cultivate strong character and uncompromising
integrity. Pray that his testimony will be genuine and that he will never do
anything that he would need to hide from others.
3.
Pray for his personal walk with God—that his soul and spirit will be
nourished and strengthened in his quiet time with God, beyond his sermon
preparation. Pray that he will spend more time in the Word of God than in
reading books and articles.
4.
Pray that your pastor will counsel and teach with discernment through
the wise use of Scripture and faith in God’s power to work. Pray that he will
be protected from the effects of sinful or negative attitudes that he
encounters as he counsels.
5.
Pray for God to protect your pastor’s marriage and keep it strong as a
model of Christ’s relationship with the Church. Pray that your pastor will
tenderly cherish and lead his wife and that she will respect and encourage her
husband, submitting to his leadership.
6.
Pray for God to heal any hurts that your pastor has suffered in the
ministry. Pray that he will serve the Lord with gladness and encourage the
congregation to worship God with a joyful, surrendered spirit.
7.
Pray for your pastor’s children and especially that the pressures of the
ministry will not discourage or embitter them. Pray that your pastor will
provide godly leadership in the home, not based on fear of what others will
think, but according to scriptural truth.
8.
Pray for God to protect your pastor from the wiles of Satan. Pray that
he will not be corrupted as he rubs shoulders with the world in the course of
ministry.
9.
Pray that God will build a hedge of protection around your pastor’s
marriage and that he and his wife will be aware of the potential for any
improper relationships. Pray that their family time will be protected.
10. Pray that God to guard his heart concerning
the use of free time. Pray that he will be morally pure and that he will wear
the armor of God so that he will not fall into sexual temptation.
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