Spiritual Adultery Taking the Place Of Christ The Bridegroom

Diagnostic Quiz

Shocking Statistics Replenish by Lance Witt ► 1500 pastors leave the ministry permanently each month in the USA ► 80% of pastors and 85% of their spouse feel discouraged in their roles ► 70% of pastors do not have a close friend, confidant, or mentor ► Over 50% of pastors are so discouraged they would leave the ministry if they could but have no other way of making a living

Shocking Statistics Replenish by Lance Witt ► Over 50% of pastors’ wives feel that their husband entering ministry was the most destructive thing to ever happen to their families ► 30% of pastors said they had either been in an ongoing affair or had a one-time sexual encounter with a parishioner ► 71% of pastors stated they were burned out, and they battle depression beyond fatigue on a weekly and even a daily basis ► One out of every 10 ministers will actually retire as a minister

Eph. 5: Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

How do we do this? Who pastors the pastor? Who do we turn to for counsel and sharing? Example of a hospital.

Prioritizing Ministry Family, Self, Church Family: Ask

Prioritizing Ministry Family, Self, Church Self: oxygen mask PhysicalEmotional/PsychologicalSpiritualIntellectual

Prioritizing Ministry Family, Self, Church Church: tools, methods, dealing with people

Conclusion