by Ray Viola | Feb 23, 2026 | Devotionals
Deuteronomy 1.41-43 Then you said to me, We have sinned against the Lord. We will go up and fight, as the Lord our God commanded us. And you girded on every man his battle weapons, and thought it a simple matter to go up into the hill country. And the Lord said to me,...
by Ray Viola | Feb 21, 2026 | Devotionals
Psalm 61.1,2 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Notice David writes “When” my heart is overwhelmed, not if. Let me repeat. When...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Feb 20, 2026 | Devotionals
Proverbs 8:20-21 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. Scripture gives much place to the importance of walking in wisdom. Far too often,...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Feb 19, 2026 | Devotionals, Mark
Matthew 12:39-40 …there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah: For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The bodily resurrection of The...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Feb 18, 2026 | Devotionals
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Note that the fruit in the life of the believer is not self made; it comes from The Spirit of God Who...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Feb 17, 2026 | Devotionals
Psalm 68:33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. Of course we know that as followers of The Lord Jesus we are commanded to listen to God. But my thought for you to ponder today,...