by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 12, 2022 | Devotionals
When we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, let’s embrace His glorious triumph with a personal response of praise, thanksgiving, and awe. The tomb is EMPTY! The veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom! Those powerful words, “It is finished!”,...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 11, 2022 | Contemporary Christianity
2 Corinthians 11:3,4 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 10, 2022 | Contemporary Christianity
Without purpose in life, a person merely lives from day to day, paycheck to paycheck, gathering all that one can get until they die. The writer to Ecclesiastes called this lifestyle that is limited to an existence under the sun as vanity. This is never how the Lord...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 9, 2022 | Devotionals
When Isaac blessed “tricky ” Jacob, he prayed that God would give to him the dew of heaven. Dew is moisture that contains the power to refresh. Could it be that this, among other things, is what Isaac desired for his son? I think so. In fact, when “ripped-off” Esau...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 8, 2022 | Devotionals
The book of Genesis unlocks many of God’s great doctrinal and practical truths. Note that His first act of creation was light. Isn’t that interesting? To have life, light is required. Paul, formerly Saul, was a very religious person but he didn’t have life in the...