Why Your Pastor Needs Prayer

"Pastors need prayer, too," contends Will Bruce in an article by the same title. The following is what he wrote, which I consider so important that, with his permission, I'll share it with you.

            "We expect our pastors to take prayer interest in our problems and needs.  Rightly so.... But who prays for his needs?  He is human too and he needs our prayer.... A delegation of American pastors asked Charles Spurgeon the secret for his success.  In response, Spurgeon led them to the lower level of his meeting house and quietly opened the door.  The visitors saw over 400 people praying for God's blessing and power to rest upon their pastor, who would stand in the pulpit to preach the Word of God that night.  ‘There, gentlemen, is the secret for my success.’