I would like to take this time to send out a word of encouragement to all of our pastors and preachers and teachers of the Word of God. I ask God to fill them with His Holy Spirit so that they may be able to stand against satan and his angels that are here on this Earth. Father God may You use these men and women to the best of their ability. May You be the motivation that sets them ablaze. Father God may it be You who truly receives the glory that You truly deserve. Father I ask that You send Your heavenly Angels to guard them against the attacks of the devil, that the pastors will be surrounded by Your warriors, Your prayer warriors. Heavenly Father You see what goes in our lives and yet You love us unconditionally, Father You truly know the word of forgiveness, for You show it everyday towards those like myself who truly do not deserve it. Father I thank You for showing kindness and love and mercy and forgiveness towards me and all of those who do not deserve it which would encompass everyone. Father keep the pastors and preachers strong in their physical and mental states, as well as their spiritual states. I pray that You would give them great one on one times with You that they become recharged to be able to battle the likes of the darkness for you say that we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against the powers of darkness and principalities and beings from the spiritual realm. Father may You send new people to Wilmington North Carolina so that they may come to know You as their personal saviour, their Lord, their God. Lord I ask that You would use Southside Baptist Church in a great way in reaching the lost here in Wilmington and across the world. Lord I thank You that we are going to be able to continue spreading the Word of God to young people through our youth Pastor Derek Davis and there are going to be many coming to know you through the talents of Pastor John Mcintyre who leads our worship, and we can not say enough about the likes of our senior Pastor Kelley Stanley who is going to be a dad soon. Who knew that you wanted him to wait this long but you have given him and his wife a great reason to wait. I can not wait to see him holding his two daughters. He will be a great dad.
There are so many reasons to thank you God. We put our hopes and desires and dreams in You. Father God I pray that you will keep our Pastors safe and on track with You. Father You say that once we are in Your hand that no one can take them from You and I am so thankful for that. Father I pray that all who read this will become encouraged in the fact that no matter how far we run from You, You are always there. I thank You for that.
AMEN
