To Discouraged Pastors and Their Wives

Ask Pastor John

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 8 January 2018

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

What should a pastor do if he feels discouraged, defeated, and almost ready to quit? Pastor John gives a series of diagnostic questions.

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0:00.0	Happy Monday and welcome back to the podcast.
0:06.9	Well, Mondays are notoriously difficult for pastors.
0:10.0	The Monday blues, as they're called, can set in after giving one's life and soul on
0:14.9	Sunday.
0:15.9	And if you're not a pastor, I would encourage you to pray for your pastor today.
0:19.4	Pray for them every Monday.
0:21.3	And all of this is compounded.
0:23.8	All of these pressures compound for pastors who struggle with tensions inside of a local
0:29.0	church leadership structure, which, of course, then breeds tension in a marriage and in
0:33.1	a family.
0:34.1	And it all leads to a question from an anonymous wife of a discouraged pastor.
0:38.8	Pastor John, I really appreciate the Ask Pastor John podcast is one of my favorite things
0:42.1	to listen to when I'm walking or doing the dishes or folding laundry.
0:45.4	So thank you.
0:46.4	I write to you as a discouraged pastor's wife.
0:49.1	My husband and I have been at full-time youth ministry for four years now and it breaks
0:53.1	my heart to say it, but I feel almost fed up with ministry.
0:56.9	My husband gets very frustrated and discouraged at times.
0:59.6	I submit to his leading in our family and his call to ministry, but I am so discouraged.
1:04.8	The last year has been really difficult for us.
1:07.0	My husband, our marriage, our family.
1:09.2	My husband looks so defeated some days it breaks my heart.
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