Heralds Digest

“For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the grain, of the new wine and the oil, to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are, where the priests who minister and the gatekeepers and the singers are; and we will not neglect the house of our God.” ‭‭Nehemiah‬ ‭10:39‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/neh.10.39.nkjv What always differentiate between promise-makers and promise-keepers is the courage to stand with promises. In most circumstances where the promise-giver and promise-taker are at the mercy of an unforeseen change, the terms of reference to the promises are bound to be dynamic. However, God respects promise-keepers who are bound to draw strength from the words of their commitments; rather than accommodating the winds of change. Commitments to believers’ marital vows, business engagement, financial obligations, and friendship ties, especially in the face of an unforeseen change in economic situations can be a serious cross or t...

“Now the rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and understanding— these joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes:” ‭‭Nehemiah‬ ‭10:28-29‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/neh.10.28-29.nkjv Anyone would rightly query the decency in entering into a curse and an oath to walk in God's Law, until the penalty of interaction with the world, outside the presence of God, is properly reviewed. The remnants of the Israelites from the captivity have had the knowledge and understanding of the consequences of breaking away from the precious covenant with the Lord. Now with the privil...