And Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes so he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.”  2 Kings 6:17

Several years ago, a movie was made called Field of Dreams. The story is about a man who had a vision to build a baseball field in the middle of a cornfield on his rural farm. He did not know why; he just knew he was to do it. To the chagrin of his neighbors, he built the baseball diamond in the farm community. One night some players showed up. The man realized these were no ordinary players, but were actually the great players from the past. When the skeptical neighbors came to view this phenomenon, they were unable to see what the farm owner could see. This made it even worse for him. Now he was really a lunatic in their eyes. (more…)

Be still and know that I am God….Psalms 46:10

There is a time and place in our walk with God in which He sets us in a place of waiting. It is a place in which all past experiences are of no value. It is a time of such stillness that it can disturb the most faithful if we do not understand that He is the one who has brought us to this place for only a season. It is as if God has placed a wall around us. No new opportunities–simply inactivity. (more…)

2. The Bible

What the Bible is not:

1. The Bible is not an amulet, a charm, a fetish, or anything to work wonders by its very presence alone. It does not claim to be such; it does claim that if one will study and practice its teaching he will see wonders worked in his life both now and in the hereafter.
2. The Bible is not a book of chronological events or an unbroken series of divine utterances. It was given, here a little and there a little, to many men through 18 centuries (Isaiah 28:9-11); but regardless of this, it forms a perfect unity.
3. The Bible is not a book of heavenly utterances in supernatural language; it is God’s revelation in the simplest human language possible.
4. The Bible is not a book of mysteries; it explains its so-called mysteries, and is so self-interpreting that no mystery remains.
5. The Bible is not a book that says one thing and means another. Generally, the passages have one simple meaning. In the few which have a double meaning, this fact is quite clear, either from the verses themselves or from parallel passages. One cannot, as is sometimes said, get a thousand different meanings from the Scriptures.
6. The Bible is not a specimen of God’s skill as a writer or logician. It is a book written by men whom He used to record His revelation. The method was by giving them ways of expressing truth, and freedom in the use of their own language. What inspiration guarantees in unity of truth, not sameness of words and expressions.
7. The Bible is not a book of systematic discourses on any one subject; but it does give divine information on practically every subject. One must collect together, from here and there, all God’s information through various writers, in order to know the whole truth. When this is done, there is perfect harmony, and everything which a man really needs to know about a subject, is clear.
8. The Bible is not a book adapted to the tastes, customs, and habits of any one nation or people; it is not for any one age or period of time. It is a book to which all people in all ages can conform, and yet retain their own lawful customs and habits which are not contrary to the will of God. (more…)

Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away. Romans 4:16

There are many things in life in which we find will transcend and pass away. When I was young, I always wonder whether there is anything in this world that truly lasts forever. As look at sad events around me and even temporary happiness, I see that they never truly last forever. When I was a young believer, I always have pounding questions about God, the Bible, and especially the Bible with its longstanding history. Is it possible for one such book containing so many stories actually last through thousands of years? Who wrote the Bible? If the Bible is the Word of Bible, why did God record so many things for us to read? I have problem reading an entire magazine for long before I put it down once I hit a boring article. Let’s admit it, how many of you Christians out there can truly say you have read the Bible cover-to-cover at least once since you became a Christian? (more…)

Some years ago a doctor asked an elderly Christian woman in England, “If I asked God for five pounds, would I get it?”

The old woman answered with a question. “If you were introduced to the Prince of Wales, would you ask him for money at once?”

“No, not till I knew him better,” replied the doctor.

“Well,” remarked the woman, “you will need to know God a great deal better before you can expect Him to answer your prayer.”

Someone commented on this incident by observing, “Many people presume to ask God for things upon mere acquaintance with Him.” Isn’t that often the case? (more…)

“Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives.” 2 Peter 3:11.

In the 1800s, an American tourist stopped by the home of Polish rabbi Chofetz Chaim.
The tourist was surprised to find a simple dwelling place filled only with books, a table, and a bench.

The tourist asked the rabbi, “Where is all your furniture?”
To which the rabbi replied, “Where is yours?”
The puzzled American said, “Mine? But I’m only a visitor here. I’m only passing through.”
To which the wise Chaim replied, “And I am simply a visitor here on this earth. I’m only passing through.”
Scripture talks about heaven in three different ways:
The celestial and magnificent universe. Psalm 19:1.
The great expanse of space surrounding the earth or its atmosphere.Genesis 1:8.
And the sought-after home of God. Hebrews 4:14. (more…)

God’ s glory is more important than our own well-being.

The serious problem is not the pain that others have inflicted upon us.
But the pain we have inflicted (and continue to inflict) upon God.

Let me spell out as clearly as I can exactly what I mean.

Many Christians are far more interested in focusing on how they can get God to comfort them when they have been hurt than considering how much they have hurt Him. (more…)

“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.” Psalm 27:14.

Do you know the story of Joshua?
And how the wall of Jericho fell down after the Israelites marched around it once a day for six days, then seven times on the seventh day?

Why not just walk around Jericho one time?
I think it was because God was testing their faith. (more…)

Have you ever tried to throw away an old bad habit…or a self-defeating addiction?

Someone said that the best way to break a bad habit is to drop it. If we don’t break that bad habit or addiction, it will have a way of breaking us!

So how do we break that bad habit and/or a self-defeating addiction? (more…)

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Within the United States, January 15th is the day set aside to recall the birth of Martin Luther King Jr., a man whose determined efforts to cease racial inequality made an indelible mark in the 1957-1968 civil rights movement.

Looking back, this was a period of time where ignorance regarding the races tended to run rampant, and people were judged, not by their characters, but by the color of their skin. It was a time when even some of our laws were unjust, and unnecessary hatred, fear and violence was perverting society’s self-acclaimed stand as a Bible-believing nation. (more…)