by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 19, 2022 | Devotionals
In 1 Samuel 13:3,4, we find the first hint at the root of King Saul’s fall – pride. Not that he was proud that Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines, but Saul blew the trumpet. Simply put, Saul took the credit for a victory he never won. He loved the praise...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 13, 2022 | Contemporary Issues, Prophecy
We are seeing and reading on a regular basis now about the human atrocities in places like Syria and Afghanistan. It wasn’t that long ago when the same horror was going on in Kosovo and Somalia. My sister-in-law tells me about the ethnic wars that she and her family...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 1, 2022 | Devotionals, Prophecy
Deuteronomy 11:11,12 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jul 25, 2022 | Devotionals
Psalm 116:16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. This unnamed author declares that he is the servant of The Lord. He not only declares, “I am Thy servant”, but he emphasizes it with the words,...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jul 23, 2022 | Devotionals
2 Chronicles 20:15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. Joshua 10 is an...