Powerful God,
Thank you for the ministers of the gospel
you have called to your work.
Thank you for their willingness
to “share in suffering for the gospel,”
and that you empower them to do so.
No one could endure the kind of suffering
your ministers endure
unless they were empowered by you,
motivated by the reality
that you “saved [them] and called [them] to a holy calling,”
not because of their works,
“but because of [your] own purpose and grace,
which [you] gave us in Christ before the ages began…” (2 Timothy 1:9).
Lord, may we in the body of Christ
see the suffering our pastors and ministry leaders endure,
and may we support them
and love them
and pray for them
and serve them
as a way of worshiping you,
the mighty and loving God
who sent them to share
the profoundly good news of the gospel with us:
that Jesus has appeared and “abolished death”
and “brought life and immortality to light” (2 Timothy 1:10-11).
In Jesus’ suffering name. Amen.
Read 2 Timothy 1:8-14.
Friends, I encourage you to take a few minutes to thank God specifically for the people who minister the gospel to you. Pray for them and consider how you can support them.
