by Pastor Ray Viola | Oct 4, 2023 | Devotionals
In any study about prayer we see that it is very important that we be persistent. Jesus commends a person who is persistent in coming to Him. Persistence doesn’t bug the Lord; it blesses His heart because the Lord loves to hear our voice. Our perseverance, however, is...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Oct 3, 2023 | Contemporary Christianity
On my recent trip to India the Lord brought clarity in my heart about ‘Church life’ or life in the Spirit. Each of us who are in Christ craves for a deeper, more meaningful walk with Jesus. Likewise, we all seek to experience the moving of God’s Spirit as recorded in...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Oct 2, 2023 | Devotionals
To be truly effective witnesses for the Lord Jesus, we need to have holy desires. David, the man after God’s own heart, was a man with the sole desire to be in fellowship with his Shepherd. That is the kind of single-mindedness that we need in following Jesus....
by Pastor Ray Viola | Oct 1, 2023 | Devotionals
Today, billions of people around the world are gathering together to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the leg upon which Christendom stands or falls. Most people think that all people...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 30, 2023 | Devotionals
On that Resurrection Sunday nearly 2,000 years ago, when some of His disciples came to the gravesite of Jesus (expecting to find His body there, by the way), they were greeted with these words: “He is not here, but is risen!” Furthermore, the Scriptures proclaim that...