by Pastor Ray Viola | Nov 11, 2025 | Devotionals, Mark
Mark 5:34 And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.” I love to read the gospels and “see” how Jesus ministered His healing touch to those who were in humanly impossible situations. As we move ahead in...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Nov 10, 2025 | Selah
In his closing words to the Thessalonian Christians, the Apostle Paul delivered a rapid-fire series of exhortations—calling believers to honor spiritual leadership, pursue peace, and walk in holiness as we await Christ’s return. God wants us to remember that...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Nov 10, 2025 | Devotionals
In Romans 5 verse 8, Paul writes that the love of God is being demonstrated for us in that while we are yet, or still sinners, Jesus Christ died for us. Charles Spurgeon wrote: “The heart of the gospel is redemption, and the essence of redemption is the...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Nov 9, 2025 | Devotionals
Hebrews 9:11-12 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Nov 7, 2025 | Selah
God has spiritual overseers—pastors, elders, and deacons—within the Church so that the Body of Christ may function in an orderly and edifying way. In today’s passage, the Apostle Paul exhorted believers to recognize and respect those who labored among them and led...