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Pastoral Visitation: A Pocket Manual is unavailable, but you can change that!

Visiting the sick, lonely or downcast is a duty we all have as Christians. It is not to be left to ministers or elders but is a responsibility for all those who seek to follow Christ’s perfect example. The problem often arises when we actually make the visit. Discussing the weather or the hospital food is all very well, but for our visit to have maximum value we need to try and help the person...

long experience. The following points broadly follow Bonar’s instructions to visitors, though some have been altered slightly: • Pray for the Lord’s presence and the Holy Spirit’s help. We might echo the prayers expressed in Frances Ridley Havergal’s hymns: ‘Take my lips, and let them be filled with messages from Thee’ or ‘Lord, speak to me that I may speak in living echoes of Thy tone.’ • Make time for meditation and preparation beforehand—though the Lord is well able to bring an appropriate Scripture
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