Matt 7:13 (KJV) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: {strait: or, narrow} 14 Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. {Because: or, How}
Hebr 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims> ["exiles"-RSV] on the earth. {in faith: Gr. according to faith} 1Pet 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers ["aliens"-RSV] and pilgrims ["exiles"-RSV], abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
How we all love this blessed name of our Lord! It is so dear to us. Those of us who were trained in Christian homes have never forgotten and can never forget how dear it was to us in our childhood, and how it has grown more so as the days have gone by. How we should pity those who have never been able to say out of their hearts, "The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want!" How He loves to feed His Own with the Bread of Life! What green fields and still waters there are for us as we follow Him.
Dear Shepherd of the sheep, lead us today in the paths of Righteousness and guide us to Thy Glory! Amen.
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