by Ray Viola | Dec 25, 2024 | Devotionals
1 Samuel 18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD [was] with him.Four times in this chapter, The Holy Spirit tells us that David behaved himself wisely. The man after God’s own heart was a man who behaved himself wisely. To behave...
by Ray Viola | Dec 24, 2024 | Devotionals
Psalms 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. Good morning dear ones! None of us know what this day will bring forth, but this much we do know. We can rejoice because our names are written in The Lamb’s Book...
by Ray Viola | Dec 23, 2024 | Contemporary Christianity, Devotionals
Romans 13.11-14 And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the...
by Ray Viola | Dec 16, 2024 | Devotionals, Lessons from the Old Testament
Prov 18.21 Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.Have you ever heard the phrase ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me”? While the original meaning may have been,...
by Ray Viola | Dec 9, 2024 | Devotionals
2 Cor 5.6-8 Therefore [we are] always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the...