Heralds Digest

  “ Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand .” Ephesians 6 : 11 - 13 NKJV Curious about the possible lessons from last Saturday’s knockout of Anthony Joshua by Daniel Dubois, a pre-fight face-off analysis and post-fight review of boxing techniques reveal underestimation on the part of Joshua and unquenchable anger on the part of Daniel. While the former appears unprepared, the latter came to the ring with his full armour ready to slay the reigning king. Likewise, spiritual battles in life require consistent putting on and courageous taking up of the wholesome armour of God against the wiles of the enemies, inc...

  “praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—” Ephesians‬ ‭6:18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Ceaseless prayer will always be a reasonable concern for organized people with busy engagements. Unfortunately, human reasoning with the busy schedule of life has often produced prayerless and powerless people. Whereas, the call for a lifestyle of ceaseless prayer is a command from God, who is interested in being part of our day to day reasonable concerns. Therefore, if we can devise a means of transcribing all our daily engagements into short prayer syllables, we will realize how easy it is to obey the commandment to pray always. After all, the solicitation is in the Spirit, while the body can be fully engaged in its regular exigencies. When we surely pray always, there will not be allowance for mind preying by the agents of darkness; not only for personal protection, but the preservation of all saints wi...

  “... praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— ” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6:18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/eph.6.18.nkjv The rhetoric for the putting on of the whole armour of God (i.e., the shield of faith, breastplate of righteousness, helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit) is merely common and circular in a world fully captivated by the perilous influence of social media, liberalism, and wicked manipulation. Unfortunately, these rhetoric have succeeded in inflicting more harm than good through preferences for the practice of religion instead of the preference for relationship, based on righteousness. The knowledge of the things of the Spirit without the practice of His presence is lukewarm, lethargic and loosely evil in the sight of God. Whether we are engaged in the fellowship with members of the family at home, partners in the professional practice at the workplac...

“not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men, knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6:6-8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/eph.6.6-8.nkjv There is no doubt that loving God and the people in our world is the perfect Will of God. The only confusion is the challenge with the difference between knowing the Will of God and practicing the known Will acceptably to both. Whether in regards of family or business partnership, parenting, or professionalism, the pursuit of the will of God with a mind sets on men-pleasing is bound to invite compromises. Notwithstanding, it is the Will of God for believers to serve humanity with sincerity, loyalty and humility. In addressing this real life confusion, the scriptures provide the solemn secret of perfect pleasing as “ doing the will of God fro...