Pastor Prayer No. 6: Time in God's Word

***That pastor's would protect their time to build relationship with God through the study of His Word

Psalm 119:105-106
NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledg him and he shall direct thy paths.

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
Great and glorious is Your Name over all the earth. All worship belongs to You, O God of our salvation. In You is life.

John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Jesus, You are the Word. You are Life. Thank You heavenly Father for Your Word, Your Son. Thank You for Life and Life in Your Word. Our pastors need the breath that comes from Your Word. It is quick and powerful. It is sharper than any two-edged sword. In You, in Your Word, is life.

For pastors in my church, and pastors across the nation, I ask that they have sheltered time in Your Word. May a day not begin without careful time prayer and in study. May they seek to know You deeper and greater by delving deep into Your Word. Touch them each day in preparation for their schedule. May this time be so dynamic that they must pull themselves away from it and look eagerly to the next opportunity to meet You in Your Word.

Holy Spirit, meet these pastors through Your Word. Grant them and uncanny ability to learn it, memorize it and to clohe each day in Scripture before launching off to the work set before them.

Give them the logos and also grant them rhema. May these revelations embed deep within their spirits that they are totally helpless without You. Indeed, make them weak that You may rise up within their lives in strength. May they be so astounded that they eagerly rise each day to meet You in Your Word. May the results literally "awe" them such that this time with You never be neglected.

Open their eyes to see the criticality of covering themselves in Your Word. Show them that Your Word empowers them intimately and completely such that they dare not go out in their own strength. Make them an invincible army for the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lion of Judah.

And Father, from this place of total impotency, may pastor's lives be dramatically changed. As Moses shone when he came down the mountain. And King Saul...when he was anointed, You gave him another heart. How incredible is that!

1 Samuel 10:9
And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

Father, submerse these pastors in Your Word, grant them a new heart that is unweilding in their devotion to You. Drive them daily to know You more deeply through You Word. Great and mighty Holy Spirit, teach them that their ministries would draw their congregations together through Your Word.

Father, unite believers through these pastors who are saturated with Your Word.

In Jesus’ Name.

***These prayers are my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of any organization. They are offered in good faith that others may find them helpful in their prayer life and that the Church of Jesus Christ may be found faithful in the day of His coming.