by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 3, 2025 | Selah
While waiting for the promised empowering of the Holy Spirit, the apostles and other disciples gathered in prayer for ten days. During this time, Peter told them that Scripture foretold that the vacancy left by Judas would be filled, and they took action to appoint a...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 2, 2025 | Selah
Spirit-filled saints of the early Church, personally and congregationally carried out their faith with a holy boldness that could not be stopped. Remarkably, a vast majority of them (including the apostles) were considered by the religious “elite” of the day as being...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 1, 2025 | Selah
Today’s message begins a verse-by-verse study of the book of Acts, which describes the birth of the Church, and it also contains a historical account of its day-in, day-out operation. Moreover, the book of Acts tells us how the Lord spread the Gospel of Jesus...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 1, 2025 | Devotionals
As we begin this New Year, in a world that is forever changing, one thing that we know for sure is that our God never changes (Malachi 3:6). The Jesus that we read about in Scripture is the same mighty Master for us today as He was 2,000 years ago (Hebrews 13:8)....
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 31, 2024 | Selah
When Haggai wrote of the desire of all nations, he was prophesying about Jesus Christ. Whether people realize it or not, He is the ultimate desire of every human being. Sadly, Jesus is not the desire of this fallen world system or of those whom it has deceived, which...