A Prayer about Thanking God for Ministry Leaders

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.