The Joy of the Ministry (2)

The Importance of This Joy The Importance of This Joy We may readily see that the presence or absence of such a real, spiritual joy on the part of a minister of the gospel affects his entire ministry. On the one hand, it affects the minister's approach to his labors. It affects the willingness and faithfulness and devotion and readiness and zeal and alacrity and energy with which he approaches his labors. On the other hand, the presence or absence of such joy will also necessarily have its...