Church leaders are called to a life of prayer and service. As you pray for your pastor, be sure to include prayers for strength, guidance, and protection. These Bible prayers will help get you started. We can ask the Lord to support them as they support us on our path to God.
These prayers on pastors call for Our Father to help.
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Prayers for Pastors
Short Prayer
Heavenly Father, I lift up all pastors who faithfully serve Your church and Your people. Please strengthen them, protect them from burnout and discouragement, and fill them with Your wisdom and grace as they lead. Amen.
📖 1 Timothy 5:17
"Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine."
Short Prayer For Pastors
Let my prayer for my pastor come from a heart filled with grace and peace. Let my service for my pastor be an expression of faith that will honor You, God. Let my commitment to my pastor never waver so I can serve as long as the Lord sees fit to have me do so. Let my love for my pastor be a reflection of Your love for us all. Let my thoughts about a pastor never be judgemental, but always look to the heart. Help me to remember that my pastor is not perfect and cannot do everything alone. Stand by his side and help him serve in Your name. Amen.
📖 Hebrews 13:17
"Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you."
Prayer For Pastors And Leaders
We also have prayers for Church leadership if your Church is in need of help and support. Jesus Christ my Lord, my Savior, I am yours. I pray for pastors and leaders in churches today who are burdened for their sheep and discouraged by the call on their lives because of all they face on a daily basis. I pray that your Holy Spirit would fill them with light rather than darkness, joy instead of sadness, and a clear mind in the midst of so much they can’t understand. I pray for Your care to surround them when they are too tired to go on or feel no one is listening that You would bless their time away from the crowds when they seek You alone. Amen.
📖 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13
"And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves."
Prayer For Pastors Wife
Father in Heaven, I come to you on this day to pray for my Pastors wife. Thank You for her work and support. Thank You that she keeps him diligent in the Word of God, faithful in prayer, and constantly serving You. Oh Lord, help keep her strong and healthy. Amen.
📖 Ephesians 6:19-20
"And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak."
Prayer For Pastors And Family
Dear Jesus Christ, I pray that my pastor’s family might find health, safety and a deeper relationship with you. I pray that their relationship to you would affect everything they do. I pray for busyness to be overcome by Your presence; distractions to be silenced by Your voice; concerns about human approval to be dissolved by Your favor. I ask You to open their eyes to see the needs around them and to strengthen them for the challenges they will face in fulfilling Your purpose for calling them. Amen.
📖 2 Timothy 4:2
"Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine."
Intercessory Prayer For Pastors
Dear Jesus Christ, please protect pastors from evil, please help pastors minister to the spiritual needs of their flocks. Intercede in any threats that lie before them and lift them from harm on this day. Amen.
📖 James 5:16
"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
Prayer For Pastors Strength
Jesus Christ my Lord, with love and compassion I pray for my pastor and his strength. I pray that you would lead him with your Holy Spirit to proclaim the gospel with wisdom. Guide him in his ministry of the Word giving him the ability to reach out to others through teaching, preaching, and pastoring. May he be armed by your power so he can stand strong against Satan and his attacks. Your Holy Spirit is the only source of his strength, so give him the patience to endure through challenging circumstances. May he seek your wisdom to teach with accuracy and authority, effectively building up the body of Christ until we all come into unity in our belief in you. Amen.
📖 Colossians 4:3-4
"Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak."
Prayer For Pastor Healing
Oh Holy Father, please hear my prayer for Pastor _________. We know that You are the One who heals and that You love our pastor more than we can imagine. Please relieve him of his pain so he may continue to serve Your people with strength during this difficult time. We pray for the healing of _______’s ills, both physical and emotional. Amen.
📖 1 Timothy 4:12
"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity."
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Prayer Points for Pastors
Use these prayer points to guide your personal prayer time:
- Pray for your pastor to receive divine wisdom and discernment in leading the congregation
- Ask God to grant your pastor physical strength and spiritual vitality for daily ministry
- Pray for protection over your pastor's family from spiritual attacks and worldly distractions
- Ask the Lord to anoint your pastor with boldness and clarity when preaching God's Word
- Pray for your pastor's wife to find strength, peace, and fulfillment in her role
- Ask God to provide healing and restoration for pastors who are physically or emotionally weary
- Pray for unity and harmony between your pastor and church leadership team
- Ask the Lord to give your pastor a balanced life with adequate rest and family time
- Pray for financial provision and security for your pastor and their household
- Ask God to protect your pastor from discouragement, burnout, and temptation
- Pray for your pastor to grow deeper in their personal relationship with Christ
- Ask the Lord to grant your pastor favor with the congregation and community
- Pray for divine guidance as your pastor counsels and shepherds hurting believers
- Ask God to raise up faithful intercessors who will consistently pray for pastoral leaders
- Pray for revival and spiritual awakening under your pastor's leadership
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Bible Verses for Pastors
Find strength and comfort in these scriptures:
1 Timothy 5:17
"Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine."
Hebrews 13:17
"Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you."
1 Thessalonians 5:12-13
"And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves."
Ephesians 6:19-20
"And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak."
2 Timothy 4:2
"Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine."
James 5:16
"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
Colossians 4:3-4
"Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak."
1 Timothy 4:12
"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity."
Acts 20:28
"Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood."
2 Corinthians 4:1
"Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not."