Christian Minister: Prayer For, Exemplified

Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.

May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.

And they prayed, “Lord, You know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two You have chosen

…to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”

And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,

They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.