by Ray Viola | Jun 15, 2025 | Devotionals
Matthew 5.13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. These are the words of Salt Incarnate, Jesus Christ. He is...
by Ray Viola | Jun 14, 2025 | Contemporary Christianity
Ephesians 5:15,16 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the...
by Ray Viola | Jun 13, 2025 | Devotionals
Mark 9.49,50 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. Old Testament offerings...
by Ray Viola | Jun 12, 2025 | Devotionals
Psalm 68.19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. A very short devotional this morning, beloved. Inspired by words that my daughter spoke to my wife and the conversation of saints after a memorial service. God...
by Ray Viola | Jun 11, 2025 | Communion Messages
Psalm 111 is one of the acrostic Psalms. In the acrostics of the OT, each line or verse begins with successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, beginning with Aleph and ending with Tau. This particular psalm of praise recalls the Exodus, the wilderness wanderings, and...