A Pastor According To God's Own Heart

10. A man who rules and leads well, not just in the church house, but also in his own house.. I Timothy 5:17 says, “Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.”

11. A man who loves God and who loves God’s people. A I Peter 1:22 says, Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto the feigned love of the brethern, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently.”

12. A man who cares for people.

A man who is patient with people.

A man who is kind and gentle with people.

A man who is humble.

A man who is unselfish.

A man who is peaceable.

A man who has the joy of the Lord as his strength.

A man who loves praising and worshipping God and leading his people to worship God.

A man who is willing and loves to serve God.

A man who loves working with the youth as well as the senior citizens.

A man who loves ministering to singles, as well as the married couples.

A man who ministers to those in prisons as well as those in the hospitals.

A man who believes in doing the right thing and being holy.

A man who is courageous and strong in the Lord.

A man who will stand up for righteousness, and speak out against sin.

A man who is honest and truthful.

A man who doesn’t sleep with every woman in town, or steal money from the church.

A man with a vision from the Lord. Proverbs 29:18 says, Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he thay keepeth the law, happy is he.”

13. Last but not least, a man who is born again. John 3:3 says, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.” To be born again, you must be a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Last but not least, it must be understood that a pastor according to God’s heart is not a perfect pastor. King David was a man who was after God’s heart, but he was not perfect. But yet God used him mightily to be one of the most powerful kings of Israel, and God used him to write most of the Book of Psalms that we have in out bibles today. And like wise pastors who are according to God’s heart are not perfect, but God uses them anyway. That is why as church we should pray for our pastors, support our pastors, honor our pastors, love our pastors, take care of our pastors, obey our pastors so they can do the job that they have been called to do without the unnecessary trouble, and to do the job as a pastor with joy and not with grief.