Pray For Your Preacher

Paul asked the churches he served to pray for him often. One example is Eph 6:19 “Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel.” So, by following the example of Paul I am going to ask for your prayer. Sometimes in pride I am reluctant to ask church members for prayer as I feel I ought to be the one praying for you all. So, in light Paul I found this letter on how to pray for your pastor and I am going to humbly, and maybe somewhat selfishly ask you to please pray for me and my family. Also be in prayer for Pastor Kyle as well and his upcoming marriage. (By the way this list come from a Presbyterian, it is a little more formal than we tend to be.)

So Pray that…

1. That Pastor Phillip would know and love the living God, would have a saving interest in Christ, being purchased by His blood, and thus would be bound to the Lord by the indissoluble bond of the Holy Spirit.

2. That Pastor Phillip would know, embrace and ever more deeply understand the Gospel and be shaped by it in life and ministry.

3. That Pastor Phillip would be useful servant of the Lord, that he would know and love God's word, God's people, and God's kingdom; that he would be used to build it up and so that it prevails even against Hell's gates.

4. That Pastor Phillip would study, practice and teach the Word of the Lord, by the grace of the Holy Spirit.

5. That Pastor Phillip would love to pray, because he loves to commune with his God, and that he would be a man of prayer, characteristically.

6. That Pastor Phillip would be ever dependent upon and filled with the Spirit; and that he would possess true Spiritual wisdom.

7. That Pastor Phillip would be holy unto the Lord. That his tongue and heart would be wholly God's.

8. That Pastor Phillip would be kept from pride, and especially spiritual pride. That the Lord himself would be gracious to slay pride in him, and that your pastor would endeavor to always be putting pride to death, by the grace of the Holy Spirit.

9. That God would give Pastor Phillip guidance as to where to focus his efforts in ministry.

10. That He would protect Pastor Phillip from himself, from the enemy of his soul, and from all earthly enemies.

11. That no decision which Pastor Phillip ever makes or desire that Pastor Phillip ever pursues would restrict his ability to pour his whole soul into the Gospel ministry.

12.That many would be converted and many built up under Pastor Phillip's ministry, to God's glory alone.

13. That the Lord would bless Pastor Phillip's wife, Rebecca with holiness and happiness, Gospel assurance and Gospel rest.

14. That God would make Pastor Phillip a decent husband and father.

15. That Pastor Phillip would be a good friend to his wife, and love her self-sacrificially,

16. That Pastor Phillip would be a good daddy to his children. That they would love God, their parents and the church.

17. That Pastor Phillip would be a testimony in the home so that his wife might be able to respect him when he is in the pulpit, and so that Pastor Phillip will be able to feed her soul, along with the rest of the congregation.

Yall are amazing church and I and my family are forever grateful for all that you do for us. Pastor Phillip