by Ray Viola | Jan 13, 2020 | Devotionals
Psalm 18.30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. Following Jesus is not some kind of a pie in the sky experience that is free of effort or opposition. There are those whose concept of grace is...
by Ray Viola | Jan 11, 2020 | Devotionals
1 Cor 15.1-8 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered...
by Ray Viola | Jan 10, 2020 | Devotionals
James 1.22-25 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway...
by Ray Viola | Jan 9, 2020 | Devotionals
John 3.27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Charles a Spurgeon wrote: “The truth stated in this verse should act as an effectual cure for envy and emulation.” It should also be a warning about boasting and...
by Ray Viola | Jan 8, 2020 | Devotionals
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. When the Scripture tells us that we have been bought with a price, it is important that we understand what it means to God and to us. For in understanding...