Mark Clifton, Mark Hallock, and Dan Hurst celebrate their 200th episode and discuss some reasons that pastors need other pastors as prayer partners.
- Many pastors have few prayer partners.
- Only another pastor really understands the burdens pastors carry.
- Pastors will answer to God for the spiritual care of the sheep they shepherd (Heb 13:17).
- Pastors need friends.
- Pastors face a real enemy who wants to destroy them.
- Pastors need a prayer partner who is also a trusted listening ear.
- Pastors sometimes struggle with hidden sin.
- Some pastors wrestle with prioritizing their families – and they need prayer support and accountability.
- Pastors never get done with their work.
- Most pastors don’t pray enough.
Resources related to this episode:
10 Reasons Pastors Need Another Pastor as a Prayer Pastor by Chuck Lawless