"Therefore confess your
sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.
The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." - James 5:16
We are none of us righteous, but because of Jesus we are seen as righteous in God's eyes. (Thank the Lord!) The power of prayer is an amazing thing, especially when we pray in Jesus' name. You can't just pray and then tack on "...in Jesus' name." Praying in His name is praying something that He would pray, and thus striving to be like Jesus and have that kind of connection with our awesome God. When we keep our prayers to ourselves, sure, they're effective, but when people join together and pray it's so much more amazing. The reason I'm posting about this is that there has come a reason for me to ask for prayer.
My boyfriend is a music minister at a church, and the pastor has become very controlling and it's frustrating both of us. He treats him like his puppet, giving him none of the creative liberties that make the true worship in the church. We're becoming very frustrated and we don't really know how to handle the situation. The church is small and mainly populated with older people (60 or older). There are a few younger people, but not too many. We have trouble relating to some of the messages that he gives, and sometimes his ways seem very disorganized or we don't really feel spiritually fed. The services are fine, but we don't really like the Bible studies much, so we like to go to the back room and read the Bible as like an independent study. Now he's making us go to the Bible study because he doesn't feel like we're being "good examples." He went so far as to say something along the lines of, "If it's a problem of maturity, then this may not be the job for you." That cut deep.
I would really like any help that I can get with just praying for him and our pastor so that they can handle this situation and that the pastor's heart may be softened. I pray that my boyfriend will be able to forgive the way that he has been treated and do his job to the best of his abilities.
Thank you, and God bless!
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