by Ray Viola | Jun 25, 2025 | Devotionals
John 12.3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. The example of worship demonstrated by Mary here teaches us both the...
by Ray Viola | Jun 5, 2025 | Devotionals
The human heart is likened to the ground in Scripture. We see this most evident in Jesus’ parable of the sower. This parable explains that the fruit that comes out of a life depends upon the condition of that person’s heart. A heart can be hard, without...
by Ray Viola | May 23, 2025 | Devotionals
Proverbs 17:3 “The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.” It is a new day. A gift from our marvelous Lord God. Let us understand that we do not live our lives in a vacuum or without purpose. We have been...
by Ray Viola | Feb 24, 2025 | Devotionals
2 Kings 2.9 And it came to pass, when they had gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I am taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. Acts 8.18-23 And when Simon saw that...
by Ray Viola | Jan 30, 2025 | Devotionals
The title today is found in Galatians 5.6. The Greek word for works here is a word that means to operate or to put on display. It also could be translated energy. In other words, it is love that energizes, or puts faith on display. Faith and love are “twin...