![]() Pray today that your pastor would be rescued from weariness and discouragement. Pastors experience a mix of spiritual highs and spiritual lows, often on the same Sunday. At times we don’t see the fruit which our ministry is bringing about. There is heartbreak woven into the fabric of pastoral ministry. In Galatians 6:9 we are encouraged to “not become weary in doing good.” That is an ever-present temptation for pastors. Give him a hunger for prayer and a heart for your Word. Help us as a church body to free him, and other elders, up to engage in prayer and ministry of the Word. Help him to say “no” to things which aren’t part of his central calling, but help him to continue to have a servant’s heart regardless. Rescue him from the tug of laziness or the pull of overwork. I know that today my pastor will have several things which he is called to do. ![]() Pray today that he’ll be able to keep his central duty at the center of his calling. Many of these things will have little to do with prayer and ministry of the Word. There is much on your pastor’s plate each day. Rather than pulling away the elders to tackle this issue, the church called deacons so that the elders (those dedicated to prayer and ministry of the Word) could focus upon those callings. It was an administrative oversight, something which would require much attention. One group of widows were not being cared for as they ought to be. In Acts 6 the early church had a bit of disunity. Focus to Keep Prayer and Ministry of the Word Central Give him eyes to see Jesus every moment of this day,Īmen. Help him to know that he is deeply loved and cared for. May his understanding and experience of the gospel be made new today. Help him not to be distracted by the duties of his job but to drink deeply from the well of Christ. Enliven his heart to the things of Christ. I pray for my pastor today that you would strengthen his relationship with you. Yet, we must have a vibrant personal relationship with Jesus for the sake of our own souls. ![]() We can learn to “fake it,” and frankly we can get away with it for quite a season. In 1 Corinthians 9:27 Paul spoke of having discipline in his own life so that “having preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.” You wouldn’t think it to be possible, but constantly doing ministry and being around “holy things” can actually inoculate us to Christ. Here are seven ways you can pray for your pastor. It was none other than Charles Spurgeon.” Softly closing the door, the gentleman then introduced himself. The young men were taken down a stairway, a door was quietly opened, and their guide whispered, ‘This is our heating plant.’ Surprised, the students saw 700 people bowed in prayer, seeking a blessing on the service that was soon to begin in the auditorium above. But they didn't want to offend the stranger, so they consented. Would you like to see the heating plant of this church?’ They were not particularly interested, for it was a hot day in July. While waiting for the doors to open, the students were greeted by a man who asked, ‘Gentlemen, let me show you around. If to die is but to enter into uninterrupted communion with Jesus, then death is indeed gain, and the black drop is swallowed up in a sea of victory.“Five young college students were spending a Sunday in London, so they went to hear the famed C.H. Oh, if it be so sweet to see Him now and then, how sweet to gaze on that blessed face for aye, and never have a cloud rolling between, and never have to turn one's eyes away to look on a world of weariness and woe! Blest day, when wilt thou dawn? Rise, O unsetting sun! The joys of sense may leave us as soon as they will, for this shall make glorious amends. In heaven there shall be no interruptions from care or sin no weeping shall dim our eyes no earthly business shall distract our happy thoughts we shall have nothing to hinder us from gazing for ever on the Sun of Righteousness with unwearied eyes. ![]() We shall not see Him for a little season, but: Oh, how sweet the prospect of the time when we shall not behold Him at a distance, but see Him face to face: when He shall not be as a wayfaring man tarrying but for a night, but shall eternally enfold us in the bosom of His glory. Even the sweetest visits from Christ, how short they are-and how transitory! One moment our eyes see Him, and we rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory, but again a little time and we do not see Him, for our beloved withdraws Himself from us like a roe or a young hart He leaps over the mountains of division He is gone to the land of spices, and feeds no more among the lilies.
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