PRAYING AND BEING PRAYED FOR

(Rom 15:30) Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God for me.

Lord God, we come to you with thanksgiving in our hearts and a knowledge that prayer is not just the profession of the Pastor, the Preacher. It is but a privilege to be so ordained to the power of prayer. Teach us, Father, to pray constantly for those who are always praying for us, Amen.

E.M. Bounds reminds us that “The preacher must pray; the preacher must be prayed for. These two propositions are wedded into a union that should never be separated.”.

Many members of the local congregation have no idea the load that many pastors / preachers are under. The several hats they must wear. The secrets that they hold inviolate in their hearts forever. Truly, it takes all the praying he can do, to meet and to carry the crushing responsibilities AND the successes in God's ordained work.

Without the on-going lifting of our voices to heaven to gird the preacher with stamina and strength, wisdom and purpose, and to do all this with the conviction of Holy Love, and without his pleadings to the very throne of the Creator, this pastor, this preacher would be instantly crushed to dust under the weight. If you truly want to help your pastor to be the best he can be and bring glory to God then pray for him.

Father God, I pray for all of the pastors and preachers today and everyday. Help them and guide them, Lord Jesus, and fill them with an abundance of Your mighty blessings, Hallelujah, Amen.

HAVE YOU PRAYED FOR YOUR PASTOR TODAY?