Pray & Go: A 30-Day Prayer Journey based on the book by Thom S. Rainer
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Day 14, September 7: Praying for our Pastor again
Scripture: (No designated scripture for today)
Notes:
Of course, you can feel free to pray for your pastor in any direction you are led. Let me suggest a few areas the pastors mention the most.
Pray for wisdom for your pastor. The decisions pastors must make are numerous. Some are minor. Some are of major consequence.
Pray for your pastor to have the right priorities. Because of the constant requests and demands that pastors receive, they often respond to the most vocal demand rather than the ones of greatest importance.
Pray for your pastor’s family. Spouses and children often feel the burden of being a part of a pastor’s family. They often sense the eyes of those looking in the glass house. Any many of them are hurt and lonely.
Pray for your pastor’s sermons. This includes sermon preparation time as well as the actual delivery of the sermon. More people see and hear the pastor in this relatively short period than at any other time of the week.
Pray for your pastor’s emotional, physical, and spiritual stamina. The work of a pastor’s ministry is demanding, and it can be exhausting. Pastors who are tired are pastors who may get into trouble.
Pray for your pastor’s Great Commission leadership. For sure, we are taking these thirty days to challenge you personally to be a Great Commission Christian. But God intended for Christians to do most of their ministry in the local church. You will be a stronger Great Commission Christian if your church is committed to evangelism too. Such is the primary reason we are asking you to pray for your pastor today. By the way, there is nothing wrong with praying for your pastor every day!
(Pray & Go, by Thom S. Rainer, pgs. 107, 108)