Heralds Digest

  “ For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. ” Matthew‬ ‭6:14-15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ There is no doubt in the fact that access into the presence of the Lord requires clean hands and a pure heart. Even when grace has cleared the mess in the seeker’s hands and the trespasses in his heart, the heart is still sometimes not released to freely access the throne of our Heavenly Father for a consistent fellowship. Fruitful fellowship with God requires more than the physical and emotional presence; the heart is judged to be absent when it is knowingly distracted by a wounded fellowship with fellow men. If grace seeks to attend to the wounds imposed by our daily  interactions with the world, our hearts cannot afford to be distracted by the offences against fellow men. This offense overload is simply unnecessary, grossly unacceptable, and quietly unreasonable...

  “ And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. ” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:7-8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ If God is more sensitive to our needs than we often think, the whole essence of prayer is probably more about listening than asking. Unfortunately, additional investment of praying resources is easily focussed on pouring out our needs, requests and heart desires to God. Whereas, God truly knows the things we need of before we ask Him. More often than not, prayer is meant to train our hearts to listen to God more than begging God to listen to us. In fact, when we eventually transition fully into the spirit of prayer, we basically ask God what He has settled to do for us. Therefore, rather than coming into the presence of God with vain repetitions of empty desires, the singular aim of prayer from a sincere child of God is learn...

  “ But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly .” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:3-4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Corporate collaboration promotes unity, cooperation, and efficiency in every system with an evidence of divided interests. Even in the household of faith, Christian services and offerings are often assembled for a corporate collaboration in prayer, fasting, and in the rendering of common interests. But when a private attention is drawn to an individual interest, the rendering of a private service in this case is called a charitable collaboration between two parties (i.e., a benefactor, and a beneficiary). Beyond the common good of a corporate collaboration, it is acknowledged that the hidden interest of many benefactors is fame and attention seeking. Therefore, even when a charitable collaboration is intended, a carnal-minded benefactor will ext...