by Pastor Ray Viola | Apr 16, 2024 | Prayer
Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. The words of this devotional title are the words of our Lord Jesus Christ that were spoken in the context of prayer. Read them again. Now believe those words of Jesus over that need or crisis that you...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Apr 9, 2024 | Prayer
James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. After Jesus cleansed the temple for the second time, Mark 11:17 tells us that He made the declaration, “Is it...
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...