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Pray for your Pastor....

We ask our pastor to pray for us all the time, but most times we neglect the importance of praying for those who lead us. As the Shepherd to God's flock, the pastor needs the most prayer - for his ability to discern God's Word, to equip the congregation to reach the Lost while growing in their walk, and to grow in his own walk. Few see the side of the man who sacrifices family time, nights, and weekends, being called in times of tragedy, the tears shared with those in hurt, the countless hours studying, and praying for US. This is a call to all of us to spend time praying for God's man to be strengthened and rejuvenated by God's Word. Here are a few passages to help us pray for our pastor.

Ps 31:23..........Father, I thank You that our pastors are faithful,
Ps 31:23..........and that You preserve them.
Prov 28:20.......That they abound with blessings,
Gal 6:9.............and do not grow weary in well doing.
Phil 1:6............That You who began a good work in them will perfect it.
Eph 2:10..........They are Your workmanship created in Christ Jesus,
Heb 13:21........and equipped in every good thing to do Your will.
Heb 13:21........Work in them that which is well-pleasing in Your sight.
2Cor 9:8...........Let all grace abound toward them, having sufficiency in all things,
2Cor 9:8...........and an abundance for every good work.
2Cor 9:6...........Because they have sowed bountifully, they will reap bountifully,
1Cor 3:6...........and whether they plant or water, Father, You give the increase.
2Cor 2:14.........I pray that they continually triumph in Christ,
2Cor 2:14.........diffusing the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.
Deut 28:2.........That all blessings come upon them and overtake them,
Deut 28:2.........because they obey the voice of their God.
Ps 32:8.............Instruct them and teach them in the way they should go;
1Cor 2:10.........reveal the deeper things of God to them by Your Spirit.
2Tim 2:21.........Let them be vessels of honor, sanctified and useful for the Master,
2Tim 2:21.........prepared for every good work.
1Pet 5:2............Shepherding the flock willingly, eagerly, and being an example to them.
1Cor 2:4............Their speech and preaching is in demonstration of the Spirit and power.
2Tim 4:2...........And they are instant in season and out of season to preach the Word.
Josh 1:3............Every place the soles of their feet tread upon has been given to them.
Deut 31:6..........They are strong and of good courage for You, Lord, go with them.
Ps 27:14............They wait on You, and You strengthen them in their heart.
Titus 1:5............Help them set in order things that are lacking,
Titus 1:5............and appoint elders in every city.
2Cor 10:4..........I tear down the strongholds over the pulpit.
Ex 17:11............I lift up our pastors and cover them
Heb 12:24.........with the blood of Jesus.
Deut 28.............Sickness and disease shall in no way come near them,
Gal 3:13............for they are redeemed from the curse of the law.
Isa 54:17...........I say that no weapon formed against them will prosper,
Isa 54:17...........and every tongue rising against them shall be shown to be in the wrong.
Cor 12:11..........Father, let the gifts and anointings on their lives come forth.
Luke 1:45..........Birth the things that You have spoken to them in their hearts,
Acts 6:4.............as they continually give themselves to prayer
Acts 6:4.............and the ministry of the Word.