You restore me

It happens little by little... Even in the context of a very faithful ministry, a pastor can run the risk of a gradual decline that can eventually weaken him.

Mr. Albert Martin speaks with years of experience in guiding pastors to identify the warning signs that indicate dangerous paths:

-Spiritual cooling: a spiritual decline that manifests itself primarily in the prayer closet
-Burnout: an erosion of mental, emotional, psychological, and physical endurance and dynamism
-Loss of credibility among people

With compassionate counseling, Mr. Martin probes the minister's life, addressing the symptoms, causes, and cures of these states. For some, these pages can serve to correct and restore. For others, they can be preventive.

Satan attacks a pastor in various ways. Sometimes he does so with disgusting and scandalous sins. However, sometimes the devil sneaks in silently. He distracts us from what is most important. He distorts a good activity and turns it into an excuse to ignore another duty. He subtly appeals to our pride to make us act as if we had no needs or limitations. Al Martin's book exposes these dangers, and is eminently useful in preserving the pastor in his long service for the glory of God. I wholeheartedly recommend it to men aspiring to ministry, to those already in it, and to all those who love them. —Joel R. Beeke, President, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan

"We are grateful to have in these pages the wisdom and experience of a preacher to whom many of us are indebted" Iain Murray - Nammer of Truth, Edinburgh (Scotland)

"I believe it will save many ministries and spare many families and churches the pain of having exhausted, broken, and failed pastors" David Murray, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids (Michigan, USA)