11/03/2022
Why you should pray for your minister:
1) He's human just like you. . . But he doesn't get to "be" human just like you. He can't just crash and burn because he's so stressed out he doesn't know what to do. He can't get mad and curse somebody out who really needs to be cussed out. He can't cry on your shoulder because he has absolutely no idea what's going on or why God's doing it. So pray for him.
2) He's gambled his family, financial stability, wife and children's well being, healthcare, and safety on you. That means he often walks around with a niggling dread buzzing like Verna Aardema's mosquito in the dark corners of his mind, that you will decide "God's leading you another direction..." and abandon him to "trust in God and not man." And he's supposed to be alright with that. So pray for him.
3) His boss is God. Nuff said... So pray for him.
4) He has few, if any, real friends. That means he's constantly lonely and alone. Which often creates a friendless homeostasis. Many people outside the ecclesiastical fraternity dismiss and "poo poo" this idea. They say,"Everybody loves the preacher!" What? Because they shake his hands at the door after service on their way back to their real lives? Uhhhhmmm... So pray for him.
5) Most of them know they're more ministry commodities than ministry companions. We know people need us… until they don't. They know people mean them no harm, but that their relationship is based on, "What have you done for me lately?" Knowing doesn't stop it from hurting us deeply though. So pray for him.
6) He's the devil's main focus. So pray for him.
7) He knows intimately well that, “Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:62) And “If you want to be my disciple, you must hate everyone else by comparison—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple. So you cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own.” (Luke 14:26-27, 33) So pray for him.
