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The visible church may be distressingly and sorely fractured and fragmented into all different kinds of denominations and groups, but the invisible church is the true body of Christ. Everyone who is in Christ, and in whom Christ dwells, is a member of this one universal church.
R.C. Sproul

Pastoral ministry is always shaped, formed, directed, and driven by worship. Your ministry will be shaped by worship of God or worship of you or, for most of us, a troubling mix of both. Perhaps there is no more powerful, seductive, and deceitful temptation in ministry than self-glory. Perhaps in ministry there is no more potent intoxicant than the praise of men, and there is no more dangerous form of drunkenness than to be drunk with your own glory. It has the power to reduce you to shocking self-righteousness and inapproachability.
Paul David Tripp

Bible – Finnish 1938 Psalms Chapter 70:1-5.

Index: Finnish 1938

 

Psalms 70

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70:1 Veisuunjohtajalle; Daavidin virsi; syntiä tunnustettaessa.

70:2 Jumala, riennä minua pelastamaan, riennä minun avukseni, Herra.

70:3 Joutukoot häpeään ja punastukoot ne, jotka minun henkeäni väijyvät; peräytykööt ja saakoot häpeän ne, jotka tahtovat minulle onnettomuutta.

70:4 Kääntykööt takaisin häpeissänsä ne, jotka sanovat: “Kas niin, kas niin!”

70:5 Iloitkoot ja riemuitkoot sinussa kaikki, jotka sinua etsivät; joille sinun apusi on rakas, ne sanokoot aina: “Ylistetty olkoon Jumala!” [70:6] Mutta minä olen kurja ja köyhä; Jumala, riennä minun tyköni. Sinä olet minun apuni ja vapauttajani; Herra, älä viivy.