Prayer is the most effective means of pastoral care… We have been set apart as shepherds and teachers so that we may give time to intercessory prayer. It is no accident that the one present activity of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Great Shepherd of the sheep, to which the New Testament refers is His continuing intercession for us (Hebrews 7:25). We are never closer to His heart than when we intercede in His Name for His sheep (Derek Prime and Alistair Begg).
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Few Are Blessed

Few Are Blessed

Gem #27 – Few are Blessed

If we could see things as they are–if we were not deceived by the masquerade of this poor life–if we were not so easily taken in by the masks and dresses of those who act in this great drama, be it comedy or tragedy–if we could but see what the men are behind the scenes, penetrate their hearts, watch the inner motions, and discern their secret feelings, we should find but a few who could bear the name of “blessed.”