A Prayer for our Pastor

Father God,

We thank You, that our pastor is faithful and that You preserve and strengthen him; that he will abound with blessings, and not grow weary in well-doing; You who began a good work in him will perfect - complete it, until the coming of Jesus Christ. He is Your workmanship, created in Jesus Christ, and equipped to do your will. Father, work in him what is well-pleasing to You.

Our pastor is gift given to us by You. And, we are thankful and grateful for Your gift to us.

Let all grace abound toward him, having sufficiency in all things, and an abundance for every good work.  Because he has sown bountifully, he will reap bountifully, and whether he plants or waters, You Father, will give the increase.

Let Your Spirit rest upon him; the Spirit of wisdom and understanding; the Spirit of counsel and might; the Spirit of knowledge, and let him be filled with godliness.

 

We pray, that he will continually triumph in Christ, diffusing the fragrance of His knowledge in every place; that all blessings come upon him, because he obeyed Your voice. Instruct him and teach him in the way that he should go; reveal Your deeper things to him by Your Spirit.

Let him be a vessel of honor, sanctified and useful to You, prepared for every good work; shepherding the flock willingly, eagerly, while being an example to us. Let his speech and preaching be in demonstration of Your Spirit and power. And, let him be instant in and out of season to preach the Word. Every place the soles of his feet tread, give it to him. 

He is strong and of good courage for You. Lord, go with him, and as he waits on You, strengthen him in his heart, and grace him to set in order things that are lacking.

I lift up our pastor and cover him with the blood of Jesus; sickness and disease shall in no way come near him, because he is redeemed from the curse of the law; with long life satisfy him and show him Your salvation; every desire of his heart in righteousness, grant it to him.

Father, let the gifts and anointings on his life be manifest. Bring forth the things that You have spoken to his heart, as he gives himself to prayer and the ministry of the Word. 

This is our prayer, in the name of Jesus. Amen.