by Pastor Ray Viola | Nov 12, 2025 | Devotionals
Proverbs 9:7-9 He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself, And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself. Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; Teach...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Nov 11, 2025 | Devotionals, Mark
Mark 5:34 And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.” I love to read the gospels and “see” how Jesus ministered His healing touch to those who were in humanly impossible situations. As we move ahead in...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Nov 10, 2025 | Devotionals
In Romans 5 verse 8, Paul writes that the love of God is being demonstrated for us in that while we are yet, or still sinners, Jesus Christ died for us. Charles Spurgeon wrote: “The heart of the gospel is redemption, and the essence of redemption is the...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Nov 9, 2025 | Devotionals
Hebrews 9:11-12 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Nov 6, 2025 | Devotionals
John 1:18 (NLT) No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God,… has revealed God to us. An interesting revelation is found by studying the life of Jesus as it is given to us in the four gospels. When we read the gospels there is a tendency to...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Nov 3, 2025 | Devotionals
When Barnabas visited the church at Antioch, he saw the grace of God and was glad. (Acts 11:22,23) Obviously, for the grace of God to be visible, their faith was alive and evidenced by good works. Remember how the four men brought their hurting friend to Jesus? The...