by Ray Viola | Mar 13, 2020 | Devotionals
John 8.42-44 If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your...
by Ray Viola | Mar 12, 2020 | Devotionals
John 14.1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. Sounds to me like a troubled heart is a choice. That is what the words “let not” mean. Jesus had taught these 12 men for three years, Judas, the traitor has left them. Jesus...
by Ray Viola | Mar 11, 2020 | Devotionals
Hebrews 11.1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. The biblical meaning of faith and hope is not some passive resignation to my circumstances, but a confident expectation that God will do what He says He will do. We see in...
by Ray Viola | Mar 10, 2020 | Devotionals
“Then he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him … and said, ‘Where is the LORD God of Elijah?’ And when he also had struck the water, it was divided …and Elisha crossed over.” 2nd Kings 2:14 Many people question the whereabouts of God as they experience...
by Ray Viola | Mar 9, 2020 | Devotionals
Zephaniah 3.1,2 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God. The prophet Zephaniah is writing a word of judgment and woe to the people...