Praying For Your Pastor

I found this great guide, written by Pastor Ligon Duncan, to help us to pray for our Pastor. I've inserted Pastor Todd's name into each line. Why not print this out and post it on your fridge?

Pray -

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

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

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

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

8. That Pastor Todd 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 Todd guidance as to where to focus his efforts in ministry.

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

11. That no decision which Pastor Todd ever makes or desire he 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 Todd's ministry, to God's glory alone.

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

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

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

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

17. That Pastor Todd 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 he will be able to feed her soul, along with the rest of the congregation.