by Ray Viola | Nov 2, 2022 | Devotionals, Prayer
If Paul was left to minister according to his own understanding, I doubt he would have been as fruitful as he was. Paul was convinced that if anybody could reach his fellow Jews, it was he. After all he had the top notch Rabbinic Scholar as his mentor. Nobody could...
by Ray Viola | Aug 21, 2022 | Contemporary Christianity, Prayer
As we read in Acts 1, to wait for the “power from on high”, the disciples prayed. The lesson here is that the praying person or church is the one that walks in the power of the Holy Spirit. When told to wait for the promise of the Spirit they prayed. The most...
by Ray Viola | Sep 8, 2021 | Prayer
Colossians 4:2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; As the apostle Paul is coming to the close of this letter to the body of believers in Colosse, he urges them to make prayer a priority in their personal and corporate lives. Their pastor was a...
by Ray Viola | Jul 23, 2021 | Prayer
One of the greatest privileges that a child of God has is the gift of prayer. After the ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven, we read in the book of Acts that there were 120 disciples gathered together for ten days praying. The Scriptures declare that “These all...
by Ray Viola | Jul 22, 2021 | Prayer
Be careful for nothing (Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything); but in every thing (every circumstance; situation) by prayer and supplication (definite requests) with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth...
by Ray Viola | Jul 10, 2021 | Prayer
Luke 18.1-7 Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, saying: There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, Get justice for me from my...