A Prayer for Pastors

Heavenly Father,

We ask for the very thing you most desire....that people would know you and love you more. That their lives might be fully given to You and lived for You. May we measure our ministries and our churches by this definition alone.

Show us how we can be useful in that process. Give us the words, the spirit and the deeds that will draw people to You.

Amen

A Prayer for Worship Leaders

Heavenly Father

I ask for a strong awareness of your presence in our corporate worship this Sunday. May our day be filled with anticipation and bereft of distractions. May we bring into worship the very parts of our lives that most need a touch from You.

Prepare me for the quiet and the powerful, the simple and the dramatic. Do in me whatever is needed that I may assist your people to have a profound and meaningful encounter with You.

Then, may I glory in You. Truly glory in You.

Amen

A Prayer for Leaders

Heavenly Father,

As we lead your people, may we do your work. May our priorities come from your priorities. May our passions and frustrations be the same as yours.

May our leadership be strong and full of faith, full of boldness when needed and and saturated with patience when called for. Grant us wisdom and courage.

May we never confuse our will for yours.

Amen

A Prayer for Preachers

Heavenly Father

As we preach this week, may our words come from Your Word, may our thoughts come from Your Holy Spirit and may the results accomplish Your Purpose.

May we settle for nothing less than simply revealing You in the midst of this world.

Amen