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Mental, spiritual, and emotional health for church leaders. Pastors and other church leaders have faced many obstacles in the last few years. Ask God to provide ways for people to seek help and maintain health. I am sure you are preparing for an excellent start to the year, but don’t forget to pray! God’s plan for the church always includes ...
In my Church Answers/Tyndale book, The Potential and Power of Prayer, I list reasons why it matters. Here are my thoughts:¹. 1. Praying leaders are best at casting a vision for prayer. We will be much more effective at casting a vision for prayer if we ourselves are praying with passion and persistence. Those we guide will be much more likely ...
Pray that all will be holy, passionate, and evangelistic. Day 2 – Pray for your church’s small group leaders. Ask God to give them a caring heart, a teaching ability, and a prayerful spirit. Pray they will willingly reproduce themselves and multiply their groups. Day 3 – Pray for the children in your church.
The five ways we discuss are: Incorporate intercessory worship prayer warriors. Make options clear in the worship services. Have two minutes of praise for answered prayers. Pray over prayer walkers. Show prayer responses from an intercessory prayer site. Resources mentioned in today’s podcast. The Prayer Engine. Pro-Nounce Video Services.
1. Fierce biblical faithfulness. Without exception, these pastors held to the total truthfulness of God’s Word. Not only did they believe the veracity of Scripture, they passionately lived out their beliefs. 2. Longer tenure. The leaders we studied are willing and even want to have long-term ministries at one church.
Embracing change. A number of pastors prayed that their church members will embrace change more readily in 2021. They realize the urgency of the moment. Business as usual will result in decline or even the death of the church. Many of these pastors have experienced worship wars and other conflicts.
Protection in spiritual warfare. This prayer covers most of the other prayers, but I think we should be specific here. The enemy seeks to destroy the witness of churches by attacking pastors. “Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8).
My life is wrapped around training church leaders. I love what I do, especially when I get to interact with pastors. Church Answers, of course, offers several options for further training for church leaders, whether you are a pastor or a lay leader. Check the “resources” tab on this site, and you’ll see the various offerings. We ...
We likewise agree that the collective prayers of church members, called corporate prayer, are important. Mark and Thom offer five simple ways a church needing revitalization can become a greater praying church. 1. Make certain prayer is a vital part of worship services. 2. Find your prayer warriors in the church and ask them for ideas. 3.
Let me share with you the six most common reasons they articulated why prayer is vital to turnaround. It recognizes the Source of revitalization. When a church revitalizes, it is depending upon the power of God. He is the only true Source of the turnaround. It recognizes that revitalization is spiritual warfare.