by Ray Viola | May 15, 2019 | Devotionals, Lessons from the Old Testament
Oh, how human we are! Praising one day and grumbling and bitter the next. The children of Israel were gloriously delivered out of Egypt by the mighty hand of God. There was singing and dancing and celebration. They even made the most wonderful proclamation, Who is...
by Ray Viola | Apr 25, 2019 | Devotionals, Lessons from the Old Testament
These precious words were spoken by God to his servant Moses in that incredible 33rd chapter of Exodus. The entire chapter is a good read, and I would encourage you to do so. The purpose of God speaking these words to Moses was to encourage him as he carried out the...
by Ray Viola | Apr 6, 2019 | Lessons from the Old Testament
The book of Ecclesiastes is one of the Wisdom Books of the OT, along with Job, Psalms, Proverbs and the Song of Songs. The English Bible adopted the title of the book from that employed by the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament, known as the Septuagint:...
by Ray Viola | Mar 19, 2019 | Devotionals, Lessons from the Old Testament
Paul tells us that there are lessons that the church can learn from the history of the nation of Israel. One of those important lessons is seeing how quickly they forgot what God had done for them. Psalm 106 records Israel’s “spiritual amnesia”,...
by Ray Viola | Mar 16, 2019 | Devotionals, Lessons from the Old Testament
In Isaiah chapter 46, The Spirit of God says, “Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy laden; they are a burden to the weary beast. They stoop, they bow down together; they could not...
by Ray Viola | Mar 11, 2019 | Devotionals, Lessons from the Old Testament
The Psalmist wrote, Psalms 142:5 “I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my refuge [and] my portion in the land of the living.” How wonderful it is to have Jesus Christ for our portion today, dear ones. This declaration of God being the...