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Michael W. Smith, Mac Powell, Matthew West Encourage Church Leaders at the 2022 K-Love Awards

West said that he is “thankful for a mom and a dad who spoke into my life, and a youth pastor that spoke into my life and helped keep my heart soft towards the Lord.”

Powell encouraged church leaders to open the Word of God and have a steady prayer life.

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“I have to take my daily medicine. My medicine every day is the word of God, God’s Spirit through prayer, and the church—the Body of Christ itself. When I spend time in prayer, in the Word, and with God’s people, that’s my medicine that I need every day,” Powell said. “And just because you’re a pastor, [it] doesn’t mean that you’re exempt from that. If anything else, it’s that you dig more into that.”