A Georgia preacher has committed suicide just days after telling his congregation that he felt disconnected from God.

Rev. Teddy Parker shot himself in the head outside his home while his 800 member congregation waited for him conduct the Sunday service.

The 42-year-old senior pastor of Bibb Mount Zion Baptist Church was discovered by his wife, Larrinecia Parker, 38, in the driveway of their Warner Robins house.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/521966/20131113/rev-teddy-parker-georgia-pastor-commits-suicide.htm

He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field

LUKE 10:2

CHURCH WORKERS ARE GOD’S ANSWER TO YOUR PRAYER.

WE HAVE TO APPRECIATE

THE WORKERS OF THE CHURCH

LUKE APPRECIATIONəpriːʃɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n,-sɪ-/Isumitenoun1. recognition and enjoyment of the

good qualities of someone or something.

synonyms: valuing, respect, prizing, cherishing, treasuring, admiration, regard, esteem, high opinion

2 Corinthians

23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.

2 Corinthians 11:23b - 29

25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, 26 I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers.

27 I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. 28 Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?

The hardships of PAULActs 9:16 - God sent a man named Ananias

to disciple and train Paul shortly after Paul had his dramatic conversion (9:1-9). Ananias was reluctant to go, but God reassured him that He had a plan for Paul. But His plan included intense suffering.

Acts 14:1-7 - A mob tries to stone Paul in this passage.

Acts 14:19 - This is a description of one of the times Paul was stoned.

The hardships of PAULActs 16:16-34 - Paul arrested, beaten

with rods, and put in prison.Acts 17:5 - Paul and Silas cause a riot.Acts 20:22-24Acts 27:27-44 - This is a description of

one of Paul's shipwrecks.Philippians 4:11-13 - Paul tells the

church at Philippi that he was often without money to buy food.

28 Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

28 Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

29 Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?

Ambassador, advocate, administrator, Baptizer, building usage consultant, Confidante, confronter, community builder, Discussion leader, Encourager, emotional baggage handler, Funeral companion, Grace giver, grounds inspector,

Historian, Interpreter, Justice seeker, Knowledge dispenser, Latent gift discoverer, Mediator, missionary, Nurturer, Organizer, opportunity spotter, Public speaker, problem solver,

Questioner, quarterback, Reviewer, Robert's Ruler, Spokesperson, spiritual director, Teacher, trainer, Unifier, utility player, Volunteer coordinator, vision caster, Wedding ceremony presider,

X-traordinary ingenuity with limited resources Youth advocate, yule celebrator, Zeal stoker, zoo keeper (okay, so it just seems that way).

THE BEST WAY TO

APPRECIATE THE WORKERS

OF THE CHURCH is

to….ENCOURAGE THEM

WRITE AND TELL THEM

ENCOURAGING WORDS

OBEY THEM IN THE LORD

RECEIVE THEM WITH GLADNESS

KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS

EXTEND YOUR SUPPORT FOR THEM

RESPECT THEM

SERVE WITH THEM

W-RITE THEM AN ENCOURAGING WORDS

O-BEY THEM IN THE LORD

R-ECIEVE THEM WITH GLADNESS

K-EEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS

E-XTEND YOUR SUPPORT FOR THEM

R-ESPECT THEM

S-ERVE WITH THEM