![]() It’s tough sometimes for a pastor’s wife to feel she can get close to people within her church. A Prayer for Her Friendships and Relationships within the Church Thank You for how You are growing her into Your image and help me to remember to pray for her and encourage her in any way I can. Lord, make Your Word come alive to her, whisper Your encouragement to her in times of stress or sadness, and help her to depend on You first and foremost as You strengthen her and make her a pillar of faith for her husband, her children, and all who are around her. Guard her time so You get the best of her and can pour into her so she never feels dry spiritually. ![]() Give her time in her busy day to set aside for rich fellowship with You in Your Word. Lord, draw my pastor’s wife closer to Your heart. Here is a prayer that will connect her heart to God’s and your heart to hers: We are each accountable to God for our own devotional life, and she could use your prayers for hers. Just because she sleeps with the pastor doesn’t mean she has instant access to more spirituality than you do. Having experienced the pressures, expectations, accusations, disappointments, and also the joys and treasured godly prayers of others for more than three decades-as well as mentoring young pastors’ wives and being aware of their needs and struggles-let me share with you eight prayers for your pastor’s wife that will make a huge difference in her life. Having served alongside my husband in his senior pastor roles for both a small and medium-sized church, and now as he is an associate pastor on staff at a larger church, I’ve learned the value of having others pray for me, even when I’m unaware of it. That’s a pretty heavy load of expectation on a person who may feel she is disappointing others more than helping. But what about praying for your pastor’s wife?Ī pastor’s wife is often seen as the female equivalent of the pastor, wherein the congregation expects just as much from her as they do their pastor, even if she isn’t on the church payroll, doesn’t have his seminary training, isn’t ordained, has children to care for, and a career or job to help with her husband’s income, as well. You may have often heard we need to pray for our pastors because of the heavy loads they carry and the spiritual battles they are up against.
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