Key word/phrase: Preaching and Communication

Key Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:2

Preach the word; be instant in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

Prayer Guide for Church Members:

“God, give my pastor boldness as he preaches Your Word. Let him be rooted in sound doctrine, always searching Your Word and Your heart for the message that You want him to deliver. Keep him on the path of right thinking and speaking. Make him a strong and effective preacher. Couple this with a heart of compassion and longsuffering for his people. Enable him to reprove, rebuke, and exhort with a genuine love for You and Your people that You’ve given him to lead. Gift him with the communication skills he needs in order to convey Your Word clearly that others may hear and understand. Give my pastor strength to speak hard things when necessary and to deliver truth without fear of what man may do or say to him. As the seasons of life come and go, may he be found desperately clinging to Your Word, always ready to give an answer of the hope that lies within him. Make the Gospel of Christ the central focus of his preaching. God, give my pastor boldness as he preaches Your Word. In Jesus’ name, amen.”

Prayer Guide for Pastors’ Wives:

“God, give my husband boldness as he preaches Your Word. Let him be rooted in sound doctrine, always searching Your Word and Your heart for the message that You want him to deliver. Keep him on the path of right thinking and speaking. Make him a strong and effective preacher. Couple this with a heart of compassion and longsuffering for his people. Enable him to reprove, rebuke, and exhort with a genuine love for You and Your people that You’ve given him to lead. Gift him with the communication skills he needs in order to convey Your Word clearly that others may hear and understand. Give my husband strength to speak hard things when necessary and to deliver truth without fear of what man may do to him. As the seasons of life come and go, may he be found desperately clinging to Your Word, always ready to give an answer of the hope that lies within him. Make the Gospel of Christ the central focus of his preaching. God, give my husband boldness as he preaches Your Word. In Jesus’ name, amen.”