by Pastor Ray Viola | Apr 2, 2024 | Devotionals, Prayer
Ezra 8:21-23 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jul 22, 2023 | Devotionals, Prayer
After a very busy, draining day of ministry, Jesus rose up very early for a time with the Father in prayer. Jesus sets the example for prayer. We know that He frequently spent time in prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. Before choosing His first ‘ministry team’ He...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jun 21, 2023 | Devotionals, Prayer
A couple weeks ago we had our fall week of prayer here at Koinonia. These weeks of prayer are a time when we set nearly every other area of ministry aside and go before our precious Lord and seek His face and will for our lives and church family. It is no coincidence...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Nov 2, 2022 | Devotionals, Prayer
If Paul was left to minister according to his own understanding, I doubt he would have been as fruitful as he was. Paul was convinced that if anybody could reach his fellow Jews, it was he. After all he had the top notch Rabbinic Scholar as his mentor. Nobody could...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 21, 2022 | Contemporary Christianity, Prayer
As we read in Acts 1, to wait for the “power from on high”, the disciples prayed. The lesson here is that the praying person or church is the one that walks in the power of the Holy Spirit. When told to wait for the promise of the Spirit they prayed. The most...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 8, 2021 | Prayer
Colossians 4:2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; As the apostle Paul is coming to the close of this letter to the body of believers in Colosse, he urges them to make prayer a priority in their personal and corporate lives. Their pastor was a...