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peaceofGod -> Continuing Prayer for All Pastors (4/24/2008 1:21:46 PM)
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This is a request for continuing prayer for all Pastors. Church Pastors can help or hurt members. As an Associate Pastor, I have only a glimpse of what a Pastor experiences. Before I was ordained, I told our Pastor about how I suffer from the sufferings and problems of other people. He promptly assured me that I would not have to deal with problems but can and should refer any problems to him. Whew! Am I glad of that! Church Pastors have to deal with issues that few members or even church leaders realize. Their job can be so demanding that I sometimes think that there is no way one can accurately put it in a written job description. Their decisions, actions and words can be highly disturbing to some while being very helpful to others. It is the Pastor who takes the “heat” when things don't go the way some members think they should. They face grave problems of just about every description—the sick, the mentally disturbed, the emotionally scarred, the walking wounded, the damaged marriages, the injured, the financially impaired and on and on the list goes. They need the mind, wisdom and strength of Jesus Christ in a very big way. Father, Please guide all Church Pastors. Guide their decisions and their sermons. Give them a special dose of Your love. Give them wisdom that is based on Your love. Give them clarity of thought. Give them energy. Give them insight. Give them understanding of Your Word, the Bible. Bless their explanations of the Bible. Bless their sermons. Bless their counseling sessions. Bless their relationships with leaders of their congregations. Bless their prayers. Use them as instruments in Your hands in ways that we don't think to ask so that they will be wonderful shepherds of Your flock, the Church. Thank You for those whom You have called to be Pastors. We praise You for those Pastors who yield to You. We pray for them in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
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