by Ray Viola | Jun 9, 2025 | Devotionals
Mark 2.5-7 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?...
by Ray Viola | Jun 9, 2025 | Contemporary Christianity
Exodus 28.3,4 And thou shalt speak to all that are wise in heart, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office. And these are the garments which they...
by Ray Viola | Jun 8, 2025 | Devotionals
Genesis 35 8-22 But Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth. And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. And God said unto him, Thy name is...
by Ray Viola | Jun 6, 2025 | Devotionals
Job 1.9-11 Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land....
by Ray Viola | Jun 5, 2025 | Devotionals
The human heart is likened to the ground in Scripture. We see this most evident in Jesus’ parable of the sower. This parable explains that the fruit that comes out of a life depends upon the condition of that person’s heart. A heart can be hard, without...