Praying For Your Pastor and Your Church

How to Pray for Your Pastor

1. Pray for your pastor to love God with his all.
    
2. Pray for your pastor to walk with God daily.
    
3. Pray for your pastor's marriage and family:
    
   • His wife and her walk with Christ
   • His wife and their marriage
   • Their children and their walk with God
   • Their children and their love for the church
   • The daily protection and security of their family
      
4. Pray for your pastor to be laser focused on the Great Commission of Jesus Christ.
    
5. Pray for your pastor to preach the Word with Power from on High.
    
6. Pray for your pastor's decision making.
    
7. Pray for your pastor to finish well.

 

How to Pray for Your Church

1. Pray for your church to experience a spiritual revival, the manifest presence of God.
    
2. Pray for your church to be a house of prayer for the nations.
    
3. Pray for your church to be a great commission church.
    
4. Pray for the needs of your church:
    
   • Pray for the sick.
   • Pray for the grieved.
   • Pray for those who are homebound and unable to attend worship services.
   • Pray for the special projects the church may be embracing, like building projects.
   • Pray for the needs of the ministry budget to be met and even surpassed.
   • Pray for the special ministry projects like student camps, VBS, mission trips, or block parties.
      
5. Pray for the pastoral prayer to return to your church.

From How To Pray, by Dr. Ronnie Floyd