by Ray Viola | Oct 27, 2022 | Devotionals
“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 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...
by Ray Viola | Oct 26, 2022 | 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 Ray Viola | Oct 25, 2022 | Devotionals
Isn’t it interesting how we can turn aside from the simplest commands into confusion? For example, the singular call of Jesus to His disciples is to ‘Follow Me’. Those words are a call from Jesus to come near to Him, and, in doing so, to learn from Him. In other...
by Ray Viola | Oct 24, 2022 | Devotionals
‘But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ’. Let that truth sink deep down into your heart today. By God’s wonderful design, Jesus Christ was sent into this world to save sinners. We are sinners in need of God’s...
by Ray Viola | Oct 20, 2022 | Devotionals
When Ananias was told by the Lord Jesus to go and seek out Saul of Tarsus, it was revealed to him the reason he was to do so was because Saul was a ‘chosen vessel’ for the Lord. He would be called to bear the name of Jesus in the world, and he would also suffer for...