Here is a prayer that clergyman Philip Henry—Mathew Henry’s father—prayed for his family in regards to their responsibility to the church. As pastors’ wives, it would be good for us to follow Mr. Henry’s example and ask for God’s grace for our husband, our children, and our selves:
'That we might have grace to carry it, as a Minister, and a Minister's wife, and a Minister's children, and a Minister's servants, should carry it; that the Ministry might in nothing be blamed.' (The Christian Ministry, p. 165).
“Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife….He must manage his own household well, with all dignity….Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace.” 1 Timothy 3:2-7
