by Ray Viola | Oct 30, 2022 | 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 Ray Viola | Oct 29, 2022 | Devotionals
Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. Paul lived a life of passion. His...
by Ray Viola | Oct 28, 2022 | Contemporary Christianity
In 2 Chronicles 15, the Spirit of God spoke through Azariah to King Asa about the need to cleanse the nation of its idols, and to return to a pure worship of the LORD. The promise was given that if Asa and all his countrymen would seek the Lord, He would be found of...
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...