One of the key issues that plague churches today is infighting, be it among members or members with leaders. It grieves the God’s heart to see disunity in His house. His promise to bless still remains but we fall short simply because we have not done our best to build unity in the body of Christ.
When there is endless fighting going on in a church, oftentimes the pastor is constantly on the fire fighting mode. He cannot fully focus to shepherd the flock, to feed the sheep and to pour his heart out to pastoral concerns because his heart is weighed down. He soon gets disillusioned and what hurts most is that sometimes the very people he poured his life into turn around to hurt him.
On the contrary, we want to love and serve our pastor, giving him full support and assistance. We believe in him and honour the call of God upon his life for the Lord has placed him in the particular church at this time and season to fulfill the purposes for God. We release him to do what God has put in his heart to lead the church.
As we pray for our churches today, we want to ask God to make us instruments of peace and love, working with one heart to see the
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