by Ray Viola | Jan 16, 2026 | Devotionals
Proverbs 12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. Let me give you a couple of other ways that this passage can be understood. Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up. Anxiety in a man’s heart...
by Ray Viola | Jan 15, 2026 | Devotionals
James 1.21-25 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the...
by Ray Viola | Jan 14, 2026 | Devotionals
1 Peter 4.7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. Now there’s a title for an early morning devotion; sober up. Peter is writing to brothers and sisters in Christ. They are going through a season of fiery trials and...
by Ray Viola | Jan 13, 2026 | Devotionals
Psalm 18.30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. Following Jesus is not some kind of a pie in the sky experience that is free of effort or opposition. There are those whose concept of grace is...
by Ray Viola | Jan 12, 2026 | Devotionals
This morning we will be looking at the first of two Spirit-filled prayers that Paul prays for the saints at Ephesus (Ephesians 1:15-20). These prayers, like all the prayers in the bible, can be used to help us in our prayer lives. In fact, I would say that one reason...
by Ray Viola | Jan 11, 2026 | Devotionals
1 Cor 15.1-8 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered...