by Pastor Ray Viola | Apr 27, 2024 | Contemporary Issues, Devotionals
Among the many contrasts found in Scripture we find one repeatedly surfacing, and that is light and darkness. As early as Genesis 1:4 we find God calling light good and then separating the light from the darkness. It was foretold that people who sat in darkness would...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Apr 26, 2024 | Devotionals
If there is one thing that every child of God must understand, it’s the purpose of God in saving us. Without this knowledge of, “Why did Jesus need to die for me?” and “How is that truth to affect my day to day life?”, one’s faith becomes foggy, uncertain. This lack...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Apr 25, 2024 | Devotionals
We find in a study of the Book of Acts the outpouring of God the Holy Spirit upon Cornelius and his household, who were Gentiles. They became, as the Jewish disciples of Jesus had become on Pentecost, heavenly-equipped for holy living! Jesus foretold of this filling...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Apr 24, 2024 | Devotionals
This exhortation from the lips of Jesus is found in Mark 11:22. Don’t speed read the passage – read it again prayerfully, slowly. This is God the Son speaking, not only to Peter, but to you and me. No matter what crisis you may be in today, have faith in God....
by Pastor Ray Viola | Apr 23, 2024 | Prayer
Acts 2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. The desire of Jesus Christ for His church is that we cultivate a culture of praying together that is based on His promises, and not on our...