Every pastor has a breaking point. Every congregation has a tipping point, and somewhere between the two, something either holds or gives way.

Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck opens the curtain on what pastors rarely say out loud

and what congregations seldom consider. What he shares is honest, practical, and surprisingly personal.

After all, he spent a lifetime watching ministries flourish and fail. He knows what strengthens the

bond between shepherd and flock and what quietly

destroys it. Teaching from 2nd Thessalonians chapter 3, Chuck titled his message,

chords that hold pastors and flocks together.

The minister is to be vulnerable. He is to call for help. He is to let people see the cracks and gaps and needs in his life. That's why Paul asked for prayer. The second thing I would list is a declaration of the objective.

That's in the last part of verse 1. Pray for us, and what am I

to pray for, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly. The word means to run. That the word

of the Lord may put on sneakers and run the race, that there would be nothing to hold it back. Pray

that the word of the Lord will run with speed

and that the Word of the Lord will be glorified, just as it did also with you.

He's got great memories of the Thessalonian flock.

He remembers when he ministered to them,

the Word of the Lord struck those people and they hit the ground running and they're still running for the cause of Christ.

Pray that what happened in Thessalonica would keep happening wherever I go.

I love the way he puts that, that it would keep running.

Don't miss the affirming clothes just as it did also with you.

Third in the list would be a recognition of human opposition. That's in verse two.

And while you're praying, I recognize that there's human opposition, that we may be delivered from perverse and evil men.

For not all have the faith.

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