In our present spiritual climate there is the great danger of a preacher becoming discouraged and disheartened. The remedy is to constantly remember the mercy of God experienced by the preacher and the power of God evidenced in the Bible and history – ‘…the most urgent need in the Christian Church today is true preaching…’’ (Martyn Lloyd-Jones). This ‘true preaching’ is a special kind of preaching. It is the proclamation of God’s Word from the heart of the preacher to the heart of the hearer.