Prayer Week - Day 4 - Church Leadership

Today's prayer focus is on our church leadership. We're using that term in a broader sense than just the pastoral leadership (see below).

Some Ideas to Get Us Started Praying for Our Leaders

Pastors

• our spiritual lives to be strong
• Mark and Brett to preach the Word strongly
• that we have vision for the future
• ability to make leadership decisions & moves
• that we would set a godly example
• music ministry would inspire genuine worship among us
• to be encouraged

Sunday School leaders

• knowledge and understanding of the Scripture
• ability to teach
• genuinely love the people in their SS groups

AWANA leaders

• patience and understanding of children’s hearts
• ready to share the gospel

Youth leaders

• understanding of issues that teens faces
• to show youth what a godly man or woman is

Deacons

• they would lead by example with their lives
• have a ministry and people focus

Some Scriptures to Pray for Our Leaders

• Ephesians 4:11-14
• Ephesians 3:14-19
• 1 Timothy 3:8-13
• 1 Timothy 5:17-18
• 1 Peter 5:1-5