Season 1 · Episode 156
11 Reasons Church Leaders Struggle with Prayer
Revitalize and Replant · North American Mission Board
August 6, 2024
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Show Notes
In this episode, Mark Clifton and Mark Hallock discuss an article from Chuck Lawless on prayerlessness among pastors and church leaders.
- Leaders are “fixers” by nature.
- We never learned how to pray.
- Prayer has become more about ritual than about relationship.
- Prayerlessness can be hidden.
- We don’t really believe prayer works.
- We have never been broken under God’s hand.
- Leaders read the Word in a one-sided way.
- Some leaders have simply lost hope.
- We miss the gospel focus on the prayer life of Jesus.
- We have no role models.
- We don’t have God-sized goals.
Resources related to this podcast:
“11 Reasons Church Leaders Struggle with Prayer” by Chuck Lawless