by Pastor Ray Viola | Mar 11, 2024 | Devotionals
I find one of the most frustrating things to deal with in the ministry to be the hopelessness that is sometimes projected by a hurting fellow believer. Certainly life has its bumps, but let’s not forget in Whom we have believed! What you and I need to get from our...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 30, 2024 | Devotionals
So often we associate words with the wrong meaning. This holds true with the topic of comfort. When I think of comfort my mind begins to play a tape of leisure, ease and abundance. However, when God speaks of comfort, what does He mean? After all, God’s definition of...
by Ray Viola | Jan 28, 2022 | Devotionals, One Another
1 Thessalonians 5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. The singular call of Jesus to His disciples was to deny themselves, pick up their cross and follow Him (Matthew 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23). The body of Christ is...
by Ray Viola | Nov 23, 2021 | Devotionals
Psalm 72:18,19 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. The Name of The Lord is glorious. Everything about The Lord is...
by Ray Viola | Oct 14, 2021 | Devotionals
Never confuse comfort with being comfortable. The comfort that comes from God is deeper than the “creature comforts” that we possess. Maybe some of you today are in situations beyond your ability to bear. It may be physical, financial, marital, or mental....