Justin Childers suggests how to pray for preachers:
- During the week, pray for God to reveal the burden of the text to him.
- During the week, pray that God would grip the preacher’s heart with His glory revealed in the text.
- On Sunday morning, pray that God would free him from distractions.
- On Sunday morning, pray that he would proclaim the truth boldly and clearly.
- On Sunday morning, pray for God to powerfully speak through him.
- On Sunday morning, pray that Christ would be treasured by all gathered.
It would be worth considering how to pray for hearers of preaching. That could be an interesting list. Afterall, preaching involves both speaking and listening. I’d probably start that list with a mediation on Mk 4:9.