“casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you” 1 Peter 5:7
Jesus, our Great High Priest,
Today we lift up
pastors, priests, and ministry leaders
who care for your people.
We confess,
we don’t think often enough
about how what their days look like,
these hard days of comforting the broken-hearted,
of sitting with the doubts and denials of your goodness,
of bearing the burdens of so very many.
We don’t think often enough
about how the devil prowls around like a ravenous beast,
eager to destroy
their faith,
their marriages,
their children,
their health,
their homes.
Now, as we remember our ministry leaders,
we lift them up by name [name your ministry leaders],
praying that they would indeed
“humble themselves under the mighty hand of God,”
confessing their own weakness
confessing their need for your help.
We ask that they would cast their cares
and worries
and fears
and frustrations
onto your broad shoulders.
We pray that they would experience
your mercy
and love
and comfort
and pleasure
in this very moment.
Give them relief,
and make us the answer
to some of their prayers.
Lord, bless those
who bless you
by blessing us
with the hope of the gospel.
In your comforting name. Amen.
Read 1 Peter 5:6-8.
Elizabeth Reynolds Turnage is the author of Preparing for Glory: Biblical Answers to 40 Questions on Living and Dying in Hope of Heaven.
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