This Sunday at Church: Pray for your pastor if he is bi-vocational

Personally, I have been in 8 churches, and 5 of the lead pastors were bi-vocational. Most associate pastors I have known have been bo-vocational (including myself.) Thankfully, our current pastor is full-time, but all pastors need a lot of prayer.

Daniel

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you. Pray for us; for we are convinced that we have a clear conscience, wanting to conduct ourselves honorably in everything.
Hebrews 13:17-18, HCSB

For this Sunday here’s what you can do: Pray for your pastor if he is bi-vocational.

This Sunday at Church: Pray for your pastor if he is bi-vocational

VerseD: Hebrews 4:10

For the person who has entered His rest has rested from his own works, just as God did from His.

Hebrews 4:10, HCSB

We join God in the work of salvation, and we join in His rest by not trying to earn our own salvation.

VerseD: Zephaniah 3:17

“Yahweh your God is among you, a warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with gladness. He will bring you quietness with His love. He will delight in you with shouts of joy.”

Zephaniah 3:17, HCSB

God is good, and as we trust in His goodness as seen through the cross of Christ we will find His joy and peace in our lives.

VerseD: Matthew 6:21

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Matthew 6:21, HCSB

God is good, and our goodness comes from Him. May we seek Him alone and give Him all praise.

VerseD: Proverbs 22:4

The result of humility is fear of the Lord, along with wealth, honor, and life.

Proverbs 22:4, HCSB

God is good, and we know He judges evil. This should bring us healthy fear of God and gratitude for His goodness that He would save us through the blood of Christ.

VerseD: Luke 12:40

“You also be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.”

Luke 12:40, HCSB

God is good, and that is a reminder that, as bad as this world can be, He is coming again to make all things new. We do not know the exact time, but we can trust His goodness.

VerseD: Mark 8:35

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me and the gospel will save it.

Mark 8:35, HCSB

God is good, and He calls us to give Him our lives as Jesus did, to help spread His goodness in an evil world.

VerseD: 1 Timothy 4:12

Let no one despise your youth; instead, you should be an example to the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

1 Timothy 4:12, HCSB

God is good, and He calls and empowers us to follow in His goodness no matter who we are.

This Sunday at Church: Encourage those who are involved with bus ministry

I was a part of the bus ministry with my first c9ngregation, as a teenager. In my early 20s, I helped form something similar for the party crowd. In our current congregation, we don’t have a bus, but we have a small unofficial team of volunteers who help a few people with getting to and from services. And it can be work. Let us pray for peace, pati3nce, and compassion foe all involved, including those getting a ride.

Daniel

This Sunday at Church: Encourage those who are involved with bus ministry.

This Sunday at Church: Encourage those who are involved with bus ministry

VerseD: Psalm 103:2

My soul, praise the Lord, and do not forget all His benefits.

Psalm 103:2 HCSB

God is good, and He does good things for us. Let us praise Him in thankfulness for all He has done, does, and will do.