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Pastor Appreciation Month: Day #25

10/25/2022

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Pastor Appreciation Month: Day #25

October is Pastor Appreciation Month.
Take time today to express to your pastor how much he means to you.

The Pastor’s Priorities (I Peter 5:1-4)
I Peter 5:1-4, “The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock. 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.”

Your pastor is a gift from God to the local church. Your pastor is called to the high ministry of giving the congregation the most valuable truths ever revealed to man. Every Sunday, for about thirty minutes, he preaches these truths. Before he preaches the sermon, he will spend many hours praying, studying, and preparing.

The pastor is fully aware of the dangers and threats of the flock of God concerning spiritual warfare. He is concerned of the spiritual health of his sheep. He has in his possession a spiritual first aid kit to aid and administer to his suffering or sick sheep. His desire is to live his life like the Lord Jesus and to compel those who will to follow him as he follows Jesus Christ.

Although the pastor will devote much of his time to the ministry, he will face constant and cruel criticism. He is never eager to hear all that people say about him. Over the course of time, he catches enough of the criticism to crush him. He is your servant for Christ, who will stand before the Lord one day and give an account to Christ for how he pastored your church. There are priorities for every pastor that focuses on the care for souls under our charge in our local church.

The priorities are:
1. Comfort the Grieving (I Thessalonians 4:13-17; John 11)
2. Care for Widows (I Timothy 5:3; Acts 6:1-7)
3. Confront Sin (I Corinthians 5; Matthew 18; I Thessalonians 3; Titus 3)
4. Encourage the Faint-hearted (I Thessalonians 5:14; Romans 14:1)
5. Guard the Truth (I Timothy 4:6-7, 16; 6:20-21; II Timothy 1:13-14; 2:1-2)
6. Identify and Train Other Leaders (Acts 6:1-7; 13:1-3; II Timothy 2:2)
7. Preach and Teach the Word (I Timothy 4:13; II Timothy 4:2; Acts 6:2)
8. Pray for the Flock (Ephesians 6:18-20; I Thessalonians 5:17; Acts 6:2)
9. Set an Example (I Timothy 4:12; I Peter 5:3; I Corinthians 11:1)
10. Visit the Sick (James 5:14; Matthew 25:31-40)

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