by Ray Viola | May 5, 2025 | Contemporary Issues, Devotionals
Corinth was a city that prided itself as being a center of eloquent orators. That was a typical notion of the Greek and Roman world of the time. Like Corinth, our day and age is captivated by mesmerizing orators and motivational speakers. The “mantra” of...
by Ray Viola | May 1, 2025 | Devotionals, Prayer
One of the most beloved hymns is entitled sweet hour of prayer. That is theme of my meditation today. I find it interesting how the words prayer and incense are found together in Scripture. The Psalmist David wrote, “Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as]...
by Ray Viola | Feb 3, 2025 | Devotionals
There are those unmistakable places in Scripture where God, in His providence and design, empowers certain individuals to perform incredible things as a display of His glory and power. Such was true of the 10 plagues that God performed through Moses in the book of...
by Ray Viola | Jan 7, 2025 | Devotionals
Colossians 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. God is Self sufficient. He has no need for the help of mortal man to exist or operate. The Lord our God is the God of all things. It is The Lord our God Who creates, sustains and upholds all...
by Ray Viola | Nov 7, 2024 | Devotionals
2 Cor 1.20 For all the promises of God in him [are] yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. I recall hearing a sermon shortly after The Lord saved me where the pastor said, “Every day is as bright as the promises of God.” How true that is,...