The Best Way to Appreciate Your Pastor this October

Pastor Appreciation month is almost here and we are here to tell you the very best way to appreciate your pastor this October.  It costs nothing but time (and maybe a little printer ink) and will benefit not only your pastor but you and your entire church body.  And the benefits will be unmeasurable and eternal.  Are you ready?  It’s so simple!  Simply join our 31 Days of Prayer for your Pastor Challenge and commit to pray for your pastor every day for the month of October! 

Does that sound a little overwhelming to you?  Are you worried you won’t know what to pray every day for 30 days?  Do you think you might forget? Don’t worry! Like the good sisters we are, we have a few tools and tips to help you out. 

Oftentimes the hardest part of praying is knowing what to pray for so we created this FREE PRINTABLE: 31 Days of Prayer for Your Pastor.  Just work your way down the list praying one each day.  We’ve even included a few scriptures you can look up to help you as you pray.  Print the list and keep it somewhere handy for you to grab when it’s time to pray or just download the image and screen shot it on your phone so you’ll have it wherever you go.

We know how easy it is to say we are going to pray for something (or someone) and then get so busy in our day we forget to actually do it. Luckily, technology has given us a great tool to remind us–our phones!  We just set a recurring alarm labeled 31 Days of Prayer. Choose a time that you are reasonably sure you can step aside for a few moments of uninterrupted prayer.  Maybe it’s right before you go to bed.  Or when you get in your car to drive to work or drop your kids off.  Maybe your lunch break or as you step into the shower is the ideal time. Or you could pray together as a family before one of your meals. Whatever time works for you, just set that alarm and when it goes off, stop what you’re doing and look at your list and spend a few moments in prayer. 

Need a little extra accountability?  Get your friends to join the challenge to pray along with you. 
Use #STS31daysofprayersforyourpastor and share this challenge with your friends. Can you imagine a group of people (or an entire church body!) engaged in daily prayer for their pastor? Follow and share our daily posts on our Instagram page and know a community of believers will be praying alongside you for their pastors as well.  The power of social media can spread our prayers far and wide.

Now, what if you took it one step further and each day after you’ve finished praying you texted your pastor to tell him you had prayed for him and what you prayed for?  Check out  our Instagram stories each day for encouraging images you can screenshot to send to your pastor.

Daily prayer really is the very best way to appreciate your pastor this year!  Will you be joining us?  Comment here and head on over to Instagram to let us know you’re in! 

XOXO, 

Shan and Doe

P.S. Don’t forget to include your Youth Pastor, Associate Pastor, and other Pastors in your 31 Days of Prayer!