by Ray Viola | Jul 31, 2023 | Devotionals
A study of the attributes of God is both edifying and terrifying. The God of Scripture cannot be fooled, tricked, bribed or manipulated. The Creator of the universe knows each of us better than we know ourselves. David, who knew the Lord as his Shepherd, requested...
by Ray Viola | Jun 4, 2023 | Devotionals
This morning we will be looking at the first of two Spirit-filled prayers that Paul prays for the saints at Ephesus (Ephesians 1:15-20). These prayers, like all the prayers in the bible, can be used to help us in our prayer lives. In fact, I would say that one reason...
by Ray Viola | Jan 21, 2023 | Devotionals
“Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord” 2 Peter 1:2 When we speak about knowledge, it is important to differentiate between head knowledge, which is information, and heart knowledge, which is revelation....
by Ray Viola | Nov 11, 2022 | Devotionals
The Christian faith isn’t a hunch. Nor is it the best possible choice out of a banquet of religious options. No, Luke wrote that we ‘may know the certainty of those things in which (we) were instructed.’ Notwithstanding all of the questions and...
by Ray Viola | Apr 17, 2022 | Devotionals
For the truly born again child of God, following Jesus is not a ‘hunch’, nor is it a choice made from many options. No, our faith in Jesus is revelation truth. Our faith, as Luke writes, is ‘a declaration of those things most surely believed among us.’ Of course, in...