by Ray Viola | Nov 23, 2025 | Devotionals
Hebrews 10.24-25 reads: And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Today is the...
by Ray Viola | Nov 22, 2025 | Lessons from the Old Testament
When God told Jacob to go to Bethel to seek Him, the first thing that we read in Scripture is Jacob commanding his household to put away all strange gods, be clean and change your garments. In other words, if God is to be sought effectively, we must repent of any and...
by Ray Viola | Nov 20, 2025 | Devotionals
The Beatitudes are a description of a disciple of The Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 5:3-12). They are a description of Christian character which is the fruit of abiding in Jesus Christ (John 15:1-16). As we ponder this list, it does not take long to discover that God’s...
by Ray Viola | Nov 19, 2025 | Contemporary Christianity
To the natural man, the words “mourning” and “comfort” do not even belong in the same library. But the Scriptures tell us they belong together. Paul wrote to the church at Corinth, “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are...
by Ray Viola | Nov 8, 2025 | Contemporary Christianity
This morning we are talking about the importance of fellowship. First of all, what does the word fellowship mean? The English word “fellowship” is a translation of the Greek word koinonia. The exact definition of that word according to Strongs concordance reads as...