by Ray Viola | Feb 15, 2024 | Devotionals
It’s fascinating to examine the Scriptures and unwrap God’s promises to us. God’s love and perfect will are at the core of each and every promise. Of course, the sureness of any promise can only be measured by the one making it. As mortal beings we, despite our best...
by Ray Viola | Dec 28, 2023 | Devotionals
When did Judas Iscariot turn sour? Only Jesus knows for sure. One thing, however, rings loud and clear about the Last Supper (Luke 22:7-16). It’s something that every one of us needs to recognize, and that is the potential for betrayal of Jesus that resides in our...
by Ray Viola | Dec 22, 2023 | Devotionals
Jesus said that a person’s obedience to His teachings determine whether his life will be built upon a solid rock foundation or upon a shifting foundation of sand, which really offers no foundation during life’s storms. James wrote that we are to be doers of God’s...
by Ray Viola | Dec 6, 2023 | Devotionals
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith is not to be confused with being smart. Intelligence and being smart are wonderful gifts from God. But to be smart or intelligent fall into the realm of the natural man...
by Ray Viola | Nov 26, 2023 | Devotionals
Proverbs 21:3 To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. The NLT of this passage reads, The LORD is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer him sacrifices. Faith in Jesus Christ is supernaturally practical....