by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 19, 2024 | Devotionals
The Hebrew word for instruction means correction resulting in education. The word also carries the thought of discipline or chastisement. We must not forget that God’s Word is given “for doctrine, reproof, correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 18, 2024 | Devotionals
Revelation 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. In the design of God, every part of the body of Christ has a distinct expression of light, which is...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 17, 2024 | Devotionals
Luke 11:2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name… The Name of God that Jesus came to reveal was that of Father. Israel knew God as Elohim, Jehovah, Almighty God, and other names, but to know Him as Father was a...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 8, 2024 | Contemporary Christianity
“I love the church, Pastor; it’s the people I can’t stomach!” Face it, the church is made up of people with different personalities, cultural and social backgrounds, genders, ages, occupations, etc. The most diverse body of people on this earth is the Body of Christ....
by Pastor Ray Viola | Jan 7, 2024 | Contemporary Christianity
Luke 5:31,32 They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. How many of us have made some New Year’s resolutions? Goodbye couch potato, gym membership, here I come. Sick of my eating...