Ministry has an extraordinarily wide bandwidth. It has unbelievable highs you could never advantage. It also has lows so painful it makes you wonder why you have not traded in ministry for a career in sales.
Sometimes pastors and church staff get in to the details of ministry so deep they lose perspective. They need to take a few steps back and look at all the good God has accomplished through them and their ministry. Or they need someone with perspective to do that for them.
How many other pastors and church staff are having thriving ministries but just are not at a place mentally, emotionally, or spiritually to realize or enjoy it.
Pastors and church staff, if this describes you, I have two words for you – THANK YOU!!!!
On behalf of millions of people worldwide whom you serve, I want to deeply and sincerely say to all pastors and church staff, “THANK YOU!!!!”
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- Thank you for telling us what God thinks about the issues of our life (especially during 2020).
- Thank you for the countless hours you pray for those in your church.
- Thank you for being a living example of what it means to love and seek Jesus.
- Thank you for being there when we are hurting.
- Thank you for the encouraging word you give us when we so desperately need it.
- Thank you for the incredible amount of Bible study needed to deliver great sermons.
- Thank you for respecting me by not dumbing down the truths of scripture.
- Thank you for your generosity.
- Thank you for your creativity and wonderfully surprising me.
- Thank you for helping us discover our spiritual gifts so we can live a life of meaning and purpose.
- Thank you for weathering the storm and putting up with people who do not appreciate you.
- Thank you for challenging me to be a better husband and father.
- Thank you for loving our children.
- Thank you for being our friend.
- Thank you for pointing us to Jesus.
- Thank you for not quitting and showing back up every Sunday.
Pastors and church staff, thank you. Because of your experience, skill, preparation, sacrifice, kind heart, and being faithful to your calling, our lives are better. And we are deeply, deeply grateful.
Happy Pastor Appreciation Month!
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