by Ray Viola | Feb 15, 2025 | Devotionals, Marriage
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” Ephesians 5:31 Now you may be wondering, ‘How is marriage like cake?’ It is in the sense that when we have all the proper ingredients and follow...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Apr 17, 2024 | Contemporary Issues, Marriage
“… And a three-fold cord is not quickly broken.” (Ecclesiastes 4:12) In Ephesians 5, we find a beautiful picture of a Christian marriage. One man and one woman, filled with the Holy Spirit, “submitting to one another in the fear of God.” Thus, if we are encountering...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Feb 7, 2024 | Marriage
The marriage union is a covenant that is actually a triad – the triad being the husband, the wife, and the Lord. Really, without Jesus being Lord of each heart, they can do nothing. So, immediately we find that the most important factor in a marriage is each spouse’s...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Sep 1, 2023 | Contemporary Issues, Marriage
“And The LORD God said, ‘It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.’ Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 31, 2023 | Devotionals, Marriage
Husbands have the awesome ministry of loving their wives “just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her. I know that many sisters struggle with the ‘s’ word, but submission is nowhere near as demanding as crucifixion! Husbands in the local church are...
by Pastor Ray Viola | May 15, 2023 | Contemporary Issues, Marriage
Today we conclude our study on the God-ordained roles in a Christian marriage. As we now look at the role of the husband, we see that he is to love his wife as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her. When we digest the thought of how Christ did this, we are...