by Ray Viola | Mar 3, 2022 | Devotionals
Prayer is the most vital ingredient in the life of the church. It’s that fellowship with the Lord that each of us so desperately needs. Jesus spent time in prayer, sometimes all night, before making important decisions. At other times we find our Savior rising...
by Ray Viola | Feb 21, 2022 | Devotionals
Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! A literal rendering of this verse would be, How unexplorable are His judgments, and His ways untraceable. None of us can figure God...
by Ray Viola | Feb 18, 2022 | Contemporary Christianity
I’m convinced more than ever that Satan’s fuel in the believer’s life is excuses. Now that might seem a bit harsh at first but think this through with me. Proverbs 26:13 talks about making excuses. The individual here mentions the presence of a lion...
by Ray Viola | Feb 17, 2022 | Devotionals
1 Samuel 1:9,10 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD. And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. Bitterness of soul. The...
by Ray Viola | Jan 14, 2022 | One Another
In the gospel of Luke chapter 11, the disciples said to Jesus, Lord, teach us to pray. Amen. Our next “one another” is found in James 5.16, and admonition is to pray. In fact, there are seven references to prayer in James 5.13-18. Is any among us afflicted...