Be responsive to your pastoral leaders.
Listen to their counsel.
They are alert to the condition of your lives and work under the strict supervision of God.
Contribute to the joy of their leadership, not its drudgery.
Why would you want to make things harder for them?
Pray for us. We have no doubts about what we're doing or why, but it's hard going and we need your prayers. All we care about is living well before God. Pray that we may be together soon.
Hebrews 13:17-19 The MSG
Heavenly Father,
I ask for forgiveness on behalf of the body for the times we have not walked in honor, respect, affirmation, appreciation, love and encouragement specifically towards our pastors and leaders.
Forgive us for the times we have felt entitled to think or say anything but that which would be an encouragement and for their edification.
Forgive us when our thoughts, words and actions opened the doors to doubt, discouragement, insecurity, fear, anxiety or self-condemnation.
This day we release them from expectations, the burden of any discontent, disapproval, judgement and performance-based love.
This day we release and pour out in the name of Jesus our gratefulness for the daily sacrifices of their calling, the grace they so freely give, the compassion and love they so freely extend.
Father, heal each and every pastor and leader's heart where we have wounded it. Restore them to the full stature of their identity in You. Where situations have pressed them down, hindered their growth or affected their confidence, ground them deeply in Your love and shelter them securely in the shadow of Your wing; free and renew.
We break off and cancel out any words "not" of blessing. We close every door that opened as a result of our words or actions not in harmony with Your heart.
We BLESS, BLESS, BLESS our pastors and leaders with confidence, security, love, affirmation, trust, and respect and vow to honor them as they deserve to be honored.
We BLESS, BLESS, BLESS them in Your name with increase, strength, courage, boldness, precision vision, acute hearing, abundance, power, love and the desires of their heart and the visions of Heaven for themselves, for their families and for the church.
It is in Jesus’ Name We Humbly Pray,
Amen
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