Heralds Digest

  “ Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me, that I may be delivered from those in Judea who do not believe, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, that I may come to you with joy by the will of God, and may be refreshed together with you.” Romans 15 : 30 - 32 NKJV While it is understandable that politics is a game of numbers, the manifestation of the presence of God in the midst of His people is not based on the multitude of people. For example, the ministry of Paul in Jerusalem particularly solicited prayer to promote quality over the quantity of people in the assembly. Unfortunately, today, we are often tempted to focus on the numerical strength of our gathering instead of promoting the presence of the spirit of God. Little wonder why unbelievers in the agenda of God for the expansion of the kingdom of God do readily constitute strong cloa...

  “ For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit .” Romans 15 : 4 , 13 NKJV While someone says hope is the little sister of the three theological virtues — the other two being love and faith, it does appear that it is more about a lifelong learning  and grabbing of an endless hope from an hopeless end. From a casual reflection on the fundamentals of thermodynamics, love and faith can be best described as possessing the characteristics of state variables; while hope will pass for a process variable. And everyone knows the patience required to underpin and learn the changes and dynamics of process variables, compared to the instantaneous determination of state variables. Well, by transitioning from casual to spiritual, believers in Christ Jesus need...