People often ask me, “How can I pray for the ministry?”
A small portion from a short New Testament epistle provides an answer:
The Apostle Paul may have spent as little as three weeks in the Greek city of Thessalonica on his second missionary journey, but the encouraging report he received from Timothy motivated him to pen the book of 1 Thessalonians.
Amidst expressing his joy over the spiritual transformation of the Thessalonian Christians, Paul also found it necessary to answer false charges from troublemakers regarding his character and message. It’s within that rebuttal we find two descriptions that can serve as a template in praying for the church leaders that EA has the privilege to serve:
- “…we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.” (2:7)
- “…like a father with his children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.” (2:11-12)
Would you join us in praying that each of the leaders, involved in any of our four programs, would grow in their biblical acumen as well as the leadership ability to faithfully shepherd their flock, nurturing as a mother, and encouraging and exhorting as a father.
