ENCOURAGE AND PRAY FOR OUR PASTORS

“For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.”

Hebrews 6:10 KJV

We need to encourage and pray for our pastors.  Many years ago when I lived in Texas, I lived with my pastor and his family for a couple of weeks.  I saw my pastor get discouraged, tired and even one time he felt like giving up.  Our pastors are human and they have feelings and emotions just like we do.

Several years ago, I received an email from a pastor who wrote that he was thinking of leaving his church.  He wrote “When my wife and I moved here, we were excited but it didn’t last long.  Instead of the congregation welcoming us and encouraging us, they constantly criticized us”.  How that must have hurt God.

May God forgive us if we are not praying for and encouraging our pastors and families.  It is time that we not only pray for them but also become encouragers to them.  I have had many wonderful pastors in the past but I can honestly say that the Pastor I have now is the best one I have ever had.

My Pastor, Pastor J Harold Davis, not only tells us how to live, he sets an example for us by the way he lives and the things he says to others.  God must really love me to have given Pastor Davis to me as my Pastor.  Please say a prayer for him as he has some health problems.

Heavenly Father, please comfort and encourage every pastor who is preaching the good news of our risen Saviour.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

June 4, 2018