Lift one another up in Prayer

Don’t put your Pastor on a pedestal where he can be knocked off.

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Put your Pastor on a Prayer List where he can be lifted up.

This weekend I found out some very disturbing news about a former Pastor of mine.  It got me thinking about the above saying.  Those who teach the Bible, in any form, certainly should not be put on a pedestal, rather lifted up in Prayer.  Yet at the same time, James tells us that those who do accept the calling to teach, will be judged more strictly. 

James 3:1-2

Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.  We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.

Why is this?  Well, because they need to practice what they preach, and not just say words if they are not going to live them also. 

Yet each person that steps up to teach is also a sinner so brothers and sisters, we need to be lifting them up in prayer, that they would be able to maintain the purity that they have been called to.  We also need to be lifting one another up in prayer as we each having a calling to be a teacher at some sort of level. 

Today I want to encourage you, if you need some sort of prayer request, please don’t hesitate to reach out to any of the devotion writers.  Today I pray for each of you.  Whether I know you by name or not, I am praying that God would lift you up today.