Pastors appear to be under severe attack of late. You need to remember your pastor in prayer, daily. Today, five ways to pray for your pastor.
These suggestions come from Lifeway Voices:
1. Pray for Weakness.
Humility is one of those words that is difficult to describe. Pray for a weak pastor in addition to a humble one–a pastor who knows he is not God and who knows his limitations, and knows of his need for others.
2. Pray for good and true friends.
Pray that your pastor would be able to find the sweetness of dear friendships. And that the dear and true friend would be able to speak the truth in love, even when it’s hard.
3. Pray they would know the Jesus they speak of.
Have you heard the term “preach the gospel to yourself?” It’s something to pray that all pastors would do every day. Not just that they would study God’s word but that they’d rest in Jesus.
4. Pray for character but also an embrace of their humanity.
Do we expect perfect pastors or do we understand that moral character does not mean perfect character. Let’s pray that they are ever aware of their weakness, not so sin may increase but so that they are aware of their great need of a Savior every day
5. Pray for his wife and family.
Prayer for your pastor’s wife would embrace weakness, have deep friendships, know that the gospel applies to her, and have an awareness of her great need for grace.
Your pastor likely needs you more than you’ll ever know and more than he will ever say. Let’s commit to spending time each week praying for our pastor.