INTERCESSORY PRAYER GUIDELINE FOR PASTORS

Mat. 26:31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for
it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

INTERCESSION 1: FATHER, BUILD YOUR HEDGE OF

FIRE AROUND ALL OUR PASTORS AND THEIR
FAMILIES, THEREBY SHIELDING THEM FROM EVERY
ASSAULT OF THE WICKED THIS YEAR – JOB.1:10
HAST NOT THOU MADE AN HEDGE ABOUT HIM,
AND ABOUT HIS HOUSE, AND ABOUT ALL THAT
HE HATH ON EVERY SIDE? THOU HAST BLESSED
THE WORK OF HIS HANDS, AND HIS
SUBSTANCE IS INCREASED IN THE LAND.
INTERCESSION 2: FATHER, MAKE THE HEART OF
OUR PASTORS TO PANT AFTER YOU AND THE THINGS
OF THE KINGDOM MORE THAN EVER BEFORE ALL
THROUGH THIS YEAR AND BEYOND - PSA. 42:1 AS
THE HART PANTETH AFTER THE WATER
BROOKS, SO PANTETH MY SOUL AFTER THEE, O
GOD. PSA. 63:1-2 O GOD, THOU ART MY GOD;
EARLY WILL I SEEK THEE: MY SOUL THIRSTETH
FOR THEE, MY FLESH LONGETH FOR THEE IN A
DRY AND THIRSTY LAND, WHERE NO WATER IS;
2
TO SEE THY POWER AND THY GLORY, SO AS I
HAVE SEEN THEE IN THE SANCTUARY.
INTERCESSION 3: FATHER, RELEASE FRESH GRACE
UPON ALL OUR PASTORS FOR INSATIABLE DESIRE TO
STAY ON THE WORD, THEREBY ENHANCING THEIR
IMPACT IN MINISTRY - 2TIM. 2:15 STUDY TO SHEW
THYSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD, A WORKMAN
THAT NEEDETH NOT TO BE ASHAMED, RIGHTLY
DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH.
INTERCESSION 4: FATHER, GRANT ALL OUR
PASTORS GRACE TO GIVE THEMSELVES FULLY TO
PRAYER AND THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD, THEREBY
MAKING THE MOST OF THEIR CALLING - ACT. 6:4
BUT WE WILL GIVE OURSELVES CONTINUALLY
TO PRAYER, AND TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORD. READ FULL CHAPTER ·
INTERCESSION 5: FATHER, BAPTIZE ALL OUR
PASTORS WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE FEAR OF THE
LORD SO AS TO MAINTAIN A GODLY LIFESTYLE,
THEREBY MAKING EACH ONE A GOOD EXAMPLE TO
THE FLOCK - 1 TIM. 4:12 LET NO MAN DESPISE
THY YOUTH; BUT BE THOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE
BELIEVERS, IN WORD, IN CONVERSATION, IN
CHARITY, IN SPIRIT, IN FAITH, IN PURITY.
INTERCESSION 6: FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
SANCTIFY ALL OUR PASTORS WHOLLY - SPIRIT, SOUL
AND BODY, SO THEY CAN REMAIN VESSELS OF
HONOUR IN YOUR HOUSE - 1 THESS. 5:23 AND
THE VERY GOD OF PEACE SANCTIFY YOU
WHOLLY; AND I PRAY GOD YOUR WHOLE
SPIRIT AND SOUL AND BODY BE PRESERVED
BLAMELESS UNTO THE COMING OF OUR LORD.
INTERCESSION 7: FATHER, BY THE FIRE OF THE
HOLY GHOST, CONTINUE TO PURGE OUR PASTORS
FROM ALL FORMS OF DEFILEMENT, SO THAT THEIR
STEWARDSHIP CAN CONTINUE TO BE ACCEPTABLE
TO YOU - MAL. 3:3-5 AND HE SHALL SIT AS A
REFINER AND PURIFIER OF SILVER: AND HE
SHALL PURIFY THE SONS OF LEVI, AND PURGE
THEM AS GOLD AND SILVER, THAT THEY MAY
OFFER UNTO THE LORD AN OFFERING IN
RIGHTEOUSNESS. 4 THEN SHALL THE OFFERING
OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM BE PLEASANT UNTO
THE LORD, AS IN THE DAYS OF OLD, AND AS IN
FORMER YEARS. 5 AND I WILL COME NEAR TO
YOU TO JUDGMENT; AND I WILL BE A SWIFT
WITNESS AGAINST THE SORCERERS, AND
AGAINST THE ADULTERERS, AND AGAINST
FALSE SWEARERS, AND AGAINST THOSE THAT
OPPRESS THE HIRELING IN HIS WAGES, THE
WIDOW, AND THE FATHERLESS, AND THAT
TURN ASIDE THE STRANGER FROM HIS RIGHT,
AND FEAR NOT ME, SAITH THE LORD OF
HOSTS.
INTERCESSION 8: FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
ANOINT OUR PASTORS AFRESH FOR A NEW ERA
ORDER OF ZEAL AND PASSION FOR SOULS, THEREBY
SEEING MULTITUDES SAVED AND BROUGHT TO THIS
CHURCH THIS YEAR - ACT. 10:38 GOD ANOINTED
JESUS OF NAZARETH WITH THE HOLY GHOST
AND WITH POWER: WHO WENT ABOUT DOING
GOOD, AND HEALING ALL THAT WERE
OPPRESSED OF THE DEVIL; FOR GOD WAS
INTERCESSION 9: FATHER, ENHANCE THE
SPIRITUAL LIFE OF ALL OUR PASTORS FOR A
GREATER AND MORE INTIMATE WALK WITH YOU,
THEREBY GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH -
PHIL. 3:10 THAT I MAY KNOW HIM, AND THE
POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION, AND THE
FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERINGS, BEING MADE
CONFORMABLE UNTO HIS DEATH;
INTERCESSION 10: FATHER, DELIVER ALL OUR
PASTORS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD
FROM ANY TRAP OF THE ENEMY THAT MAY BE SET
FOR THEM THIS YEAR - PSA. 124:7 OUR SOUL IS
ESCAPED AS A BIRD OUT OF THE SNARE OF THE
FOWLERS: THE SNARE IS BROKEN, AND WE ARE
ESCAPED.
INTERCESSION 11: FATHER, IN THE NAME OF
JESUS, SUPERNATURALLY RESTORE THE HEALTH OF
EVERY PASTOR AND MEMBER OF THEIR FAMILY
UNDER THE SIEGE OF ANY TERMINAL CONDITION
RIGHT NOW - JOB 33:21-25 HIS FLESH IS
CONSUMED AWAY, THAT IT CANNOT BE SEEN;
AND HIS BONES THAT WERE NOT SEEN STICK
OUT. 22 YEA, HIS SOUL DRAWETH NEAR UNTO
THE GRAVE, AND HIS LIFE TO THE
DESTROYERS. 23 IF THERE BE A MESSENGER
WITH HIM, AN INTERPRETER, ONE AMONG A
THOUSAND, TO SHEW UNTO MAN HIS
UPRIGHTNESS: 24 THEN HE IS GRACIOUS UNTO
HIM, AND SAITH, DELIVER HIM FROM GOING
DOWN TO THE PIT: I HAVE FOUND A RANSOM.
25 HIS FLESH SHALL BE FRESHER THAN A
CHILD'S: HE SHALL RETURN TO THE DAYS OF
HIS YOUTH:
INTERCESSION 12: FATHER, ENDUE ALL OUR
PASTORS WITH WISDOM FROM ABOVE TO TAKE THE
LEAD IN DRIVING THE ONGOING REVIVAL, RESULTING
IN UNPRECEDENTED FULFILLMENT OF THE
PROPHETIC AGENDA FOR THE YEAR - ISA. 33:6.
AND WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE THE
STABILITY OF THY TIMES, AND STRENGTH OF
SALVATION: THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS HIS
TREASURE.
INTERCESSION 13: FATHER, BY THE SPIRIT OF
HOLINESS, EMPOWER ALL OUR PASTORS TO
EXERCISE DOMINION OVER SIN AND TEMPTATIONS,
SO THEY CAN REMAIN FIT FOR THE MASTER'S USE -
ROM. 1:4 AND DECLARED TO BE THE SON OF
GOD WITH POWER, ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT
OF HOLINESS, BY THE RESURRECTION FROM
THE DEAD:
INTERCESSION 14: FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS
STIR UP THE SPIRIT OF ALL OUR PASTORS TO
CONTINUE TO ENGAGE FERVENTLY IN THE PURSUIT
OF SOULS INTO YOUR KINGDOM TO THE POINT OF
ESTABLISHMENT - HAG. 1:14 AND
THE LORD STIRRED UP THE SPIRIT OF
ZERUBBABEL THE SON OF SHEALTIEL,
GOVERNOR OF JUDAH, AND THE SPIRIT OF
JOSHUA THE SON OF JOSEDECH, THE HIGH
PRIEST, AND THE SPIRIT OF ALL THE REMNANT
OF THE PEOPLE; AND THEY CAME AND DID
WORK IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD OF HOSTS,
THEIR GOD,
INTERCESSION 15: FATHER, IN THE NAME OF
JESUS, GRANT OUR PASTORS GRACE FOR OBEDIENCE
TO EVERY PROPHETIC INSTRUCTION THEREBY
PARTAKING OF THE BLESSING IN THE ONGOING
REVIVAL - 1 COR. 9:23 AND THIS I DO FOR THE
GOSPEL'S SAKE, THAT I MIGHT BE PARTAKER
THEREOF WITH YOU.
INTERCESSION 16: FATHER, BY YOUR SPIRIT,
GRANT SUPERNATURAL INSIGHT IN THE WORD TO
ALL OUR PASTORS, RESULTING IN THE OPENING OF
NEW CHAPTERS TO BOTH TO THEM AND ALL
WORSHIPPERS - 2 COR. 3:18 BUT WE ALL, WITH
OPEN FACE BEHOLDING AS IN A GLASS THE
GLORY OF THE LORD, ARE CHANGED INTO THE
SAME IMAGE FROM GLORY TO GLORY, EVEN AS
BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD.
INTERCESSION 17: FATHER, LET THE DOOR OF
UTTERANCE BE OPENED TO ALL OUR PASTORS IN
EVERY SERVICE THEREBY ENHANCING THE IMPACT
OF THE WORD IN THE LIVES OF ALL WORSHIPPERS -
COL. 4:3 WITHAL PRAYING ALSO FOR US, THAT
GOD WOULD OPEN UNTO US A DOOR OF
UTTERANCE, TO SPEAK THE MYSTERY OF
CHRIST, FOR WHICH I AM ALSO IN BONDS.
INTERCESSION 18: FATHER, ENDUE ALL OUR
PASTORS WITH GRACE TO CONTINUE TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY ON THE ALTAR OF PRAYER AND
STUDY OF THE WORD THEREBY KEEPING THE FIRE
OF REVIVAL EVER BURNING IN THEIR LIVES -
LEV.6:12-13 AND THE FIRE UPON THE ALTAR
SHALL BE BURNING IN IT; IT SHALL NOT BE PUT
OUT: AND THE PRIEST SHALL BURN WOOD ON
IT EVERY MORNING, AND LAY THE BURNT
OFFERING IN ORDER UPON IT; AND HE SHALL
BURN THEREON THE FAT OF THE PEACE
OFFERINGS. 13 THE FIRE SHALL EVER BE
BURNING UPON THE ALTAR; IT SHALL NEVER
GO OUT.
INTERCESSION 19: FATHER, LET THERE BE A
RELEASE OF FRESH OIL UPON OUR PASTORS, AND
CONFIRM EVERY WORD OF THEIR MOUTH WITH
MIRACLES, SIGNS AND WONDERS ALL THROUGH
THIS YEAR AND BEYOND - MK. 16:20 AND THEY
WENT FORTH, AND PREACHED EVERY WHERE,
THE LORD WORKING WITH THEM, AND
CONFIRMING THE WORD WITH SIGNS
FOLLOWING. AMEN.
INTERCESSION 20: FATHER, BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
STIR UP THE HEARTS OF OUR PASTORS UNTO
GREATER COMMITMENT FOR INGATHERING OF
SOULS INTO THE KINGDOM AND THIS CHURCH -
JN.4:35 SAY NOT YE, THERE ARE YET FOUR
MONTHS, AND THEN COMETH HARVEST?
BEHOLD, I SAY UNTO YOU, LIFT UP YOUR EYES,
AND LOOK ON THE FIELDS; FOR THEY ARE
WHITE ALREADY.