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THAT THINE EYES MAY BE OPEN TOWARD THIS HOUSE NIGHT AND DAY

The prayer of King Jehoshaphat that is recorded in the 20 th chapter of the second book of Chronicles in the Bible is extraordinary in its directness, honesty, simplicity, and power.  In his prayer Jehoshaphat references another powerful prayer that was offered by an earlier king of the Israelites; and that prayer, in turn, represents an important provision that God has made that affects all of our prayers from that time till this, and even till the end of this world.   Jehoshaphat was a good king whose heart was after God.   He wasn’t a perfect king, but he was open to the Lord’s correction, and therefore God was able to direct him and bless him in marvelous and miraculous ways.   Jehoshaphat had reigned in Jerusalem for about 16 years when a report came to him that the Moabites and the Ammonites were coming against him to war with a great multitude of armed men.   Scripture reveals to us what Jehoshaphat’s reaction was to this news: “And Jehoshaphat f...
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PREPARATION

"And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.  And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever toward Israel.  And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.  But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off." (Ezra 3:10-13).   The children of the ...
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JESUS - THE BREAD OF LIFE

The sixth chapter of St. John holds some amazing insights into Christ’s ministry and character.   As we unpack what the Apostle has recorded there, may God give us a little more revelation in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior.   The beginning of this chapter in John is a narrative about how Jesus fed over 5,000 people with just two small fish and five barley loaves of bread.  If you are unfamiliar with the story, you can read it in John 6:1-14.  Notice in verse 14 that it says the people who had experienced this miracle first-hand didn’t recognize Jesus as the Messiah or the Son of God but, instead, said, “This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.”  Jesus was forced to depart from them at this point and retreat to a mountain by Himself lest they take Him forcefully to make Him king (verse 15).  Jesus hadn’t come to be made a conquering king; Jesus had come to be the Lamb of God that would be slain for the sins of the world....
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