Monday, February 1, 2010

Pastor's Conference

The Desiring God Conference for Pastors begins this evening and continues until Wednesday afternoon. I've attended this conference off and on for fifteen years. I'm in Minneapolis now getting ready for this year's conference:The Pastor, the People, and the Pursuit of Joy: The Apostolic Aim of Pastoral Ministry.

Thousands of pastors will be here. They'll sing together, pray together, worship together, learn together, and get charged up together. They will also drink coffee together, laugh together, cry together, and buy books together.

May I ask you to do something for me, in relation to this conference, please? Would you pray for us? Would you pray for the ever present Christ to pour out His Spirit on His servants? Would you pray that "times of refreshing" would come upon these men for God's glory and their joy? The author of Hebrews reminds us in chapter 13 verse 17 that a spiritually vital pastor is good for all of us. Would you ask God to revitalize each and every one of us at the DG conference? And then, would you go a step further, please? Would you take twice as much time and pray for YOUR pastor? Would you ask God to meet with him (or her) in a powerful, soul drenching, spirit cleansing, wound healing, energy filling way? Would you plead with God to be more merciful and present in your pastor's life than even you think he deserves? Would you do that today? Please?

God answers the faith-filled and faithful prayers of his people. I can hardly wait to see what God does in answer to your prayers today!