Our great example and instructor in prayer is the Lord Jesus Christ.

In God's Word, we find everything we need to develop a life of prayer.

Join Scott Pauli today as we study the Bible together. The greatest thing anyone

ever does for me is pray for me. I know that because I have seen the fruit of it in my own life.

And we've been talking about the importance of praying for ministers, praying for those

who are in the work of the Lord.

We'll conclude that thought, that study today with two final occasions where we're asked,

we're requested in the New Testament to pray for God's servants.

The first of these is 1 Timothy chapter 2.

These are powerful verses really for anyone in leadership.

The Bible says, I exhort therefore that first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions,

and giving of thanks be made for all men.

There's a beautiful word there, intercessions. Literally it means to

entreat the favor for someone else. It's almost like a child going to its father on behalf of one

of the siblings. On behalf of another child. That's the idea here to make intercession. And I love

this phrase first of all. First things first. The first thing we should do for others is pray for them. And I love this phrase first of all. First things first, the first thing we should do

for others is pray for them. And not just for all men, but he goes on in verse two to say for kings

and for all that are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness

and honesty. Now certainly we ought to pray for those who are leading in our nation.

That's the idea behind the word kings here. We don't have a king in our own nation. We have a president,

and we have a Congress and elected officials, and we should pray for them. But then he adds this phrase,

all that are in authority. And the idea here is anyone that's in a responsible position.

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