by Ray Viola | Jun 22, 2022 | Devotionals
If Paul was left to minister according to his own understanding, I doubt he would have been as fruitful as he was. Paul was convinced that if anybody could reach his fellow Jews, it was he. After all he had the top notch Rabbinic Scholar as his mentor. Nobody could...
by Ray Viola | May 24, 2022 | Devotionals
Acts 1:9-14 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of...
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 | Mar 1, 2022 | Devotionals
This title sounds more like a science-fiction movie than a Biblical theme, doesn’t it? However, we find the Scriptures mentioning light, illumination or glowing quite a bit. Of course, the source of all light (except that which is meant to deceive, of course)...
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...