Heralds Digest

  “ Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine In the very heart of your house, Your children like olive plants All around your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed Who fears the Lord. The Lord bless you out of Zion, And may you see the good of Jerusalem All the days of your life.” Psalms 128 : 3 - 5 NKJV When the scriptures say “ The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant ( Psalms 25 : 14 )”, it laid the foundation of the only fruitful fear in this life. Other types of fear are slavish, selfish, and satanic. For example, the fear of prosperity, protection and preservation of family members make many people to bow down to stranger altars that eventually bind them into satanic covenants. Whereas, believers’ wives and children are part of the heritage of the Lord, fully covered under the new covenant. As long as we obey the commandments of the Lord, we and our families are completely free from slavish, selfish, and satanic fear; b...

  “ knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. ” James 1 : 3 - 4 NKJV If only perfect patience produces perfect personality, imperfect patience is deficient in the grace to let God have His way completely. Like a litmus test on the character of anyone who claims a relationship with God, the challenges of life are simply the testing of this claim. Godliness demands trust in God, endures trials around God, resist temptation against God, controls tongue for God, and administers turn of people toward God. Invariably, patience with the challenges of life is the perfect internship or school for the experiencing of God. Therefore, anyone who is genuinely enrolled in the school for perfect patience is always grateful for all the perfect works and deliverables from all the elements of imposition, impatience and imperfection in the curriculum. Godliness is always focussed on ...