by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 27, 2020 | Devotionals
Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, who is rich in mercy, … Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) I have heard it said that the definition of grace is God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense. Mark 15 would certainly...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 16, 2020 | Devotionals
Haggai 1:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways. The prophet Haggai exhorted the lukewarm, self-centered people of God with these words: “Consider your ways.” (Haggai 1:5,7) The word consider means to pay attention to. Webster’s 1828 dictionary defines the...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 6, 2020 | Devotionals, Mark
Mark 14:38 Watch ye and pray… The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. Today our study brings us into that portion of the Lord Jesus’ life that I would call His holy of holies prayer unto His Father. Words are not capable of describing the depth...
by Pastor Ray Viola | May 31, 2020 | Contemporary Christianity
1 Samuel 16:7b …for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. We are presented with a study of contrasts in Mark 12:35-44. Jesus’ question about His identity stands in contrast with the “loop...
by Pastor Ray Viola | May 3, 2020 | Devotionals
Luke 4:17-21 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to...