For those hurt

God:

Bless these Your ministers in their hurt. Father, we do not know what their hurt is but we know every one has faced or will face some hurt that will threaten their ministry and more, possibly their faith. Father, may they not become fixated on either the pain or the person behind the pain. God help them to feel Your love and Your healing more powerfully than the cut. Help them to know their ministry is worth more than trading it for relief. Help them to be aware that there are many who love them and care deeply for them, many more than whatever the number it might be who wish them harm. Help them to strive to do the difficult, to love those who would be their enemies. Help them to realize grace as they learn to give it. Help them to feel the connection with Your Son when they suffer unfairly. Thank You for so many who strive and serve through it all, who serve as an example without even being aware of it, who are heroes of others. Again, most of all, help them to know your love for them!

In Jesus Name,

AMEN