Heralds Digest

  “ We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel ” Colossians 1 : 3 - 5 NKJV The root of rendering consistent gratitude is the finding of grace for oneself and then following God by faith, without which it is impossible for anyone facing his inevitable giants in life. Finding grace involves the acknowledgment of Jesus as the embodiment of grace, acceptance of grace that underscores the wholesomeness of the gift, and extending the goodness to others. It is not surprising that gratitude built on this foundation of sustainable grace keeps praise and prayer on the lips of Apostle Paul. And after finding grace is following God (Jesus) by faith, as the only evidence of every believer’s testimony on finding grace. Instead of buying the distractio...

  “ If you faint in the day of adversity, Your strength is small .” Proverbs 24 : 10 NKJV There is no doubt in the sourness of adversity, but the perspective is always personal; and it cannot be generalized for everyone involved in the season of adversity. In one perspective, the season of adversity is all about outward focus on testimony terminators. This outward-focused perspective breeds nothing less than bitterness, anger, discouragement and discontentment. Whereas, when the scriptures say “ If you faint in the day of adversity, Your strength is small ”, it admonishes an inward-focused perspective on the season of adversity. Here, the focus around all the prevailing circumstances of life is centered about the building of the working strength for the race. For example, Joseph needed the services of his testimony testers, including (1) the pit from his envious brothers, (2) the placement in Potiphar’s house by the greedy Ismaelites, and (3) the sentencing into prison by the lo...