by Ray Viola | Sep 14, 2021 | Devotionals
Romans 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. Colossians 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 31, 2021 | Devotionals
Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. In today’s study (Colossians 2:1-10) we’re told to “Beware”, which means to be on one’s guard. Beloved,...
by Ray Viola | Aug 28, 2021 | Devotionals
Luke 12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Job 27:8 For...
by Ray Viola | Jul 20, 2021 | Devotionals
Proverbs 19.11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. One of the most compelling evidences of the new birth, is the ability to forgive those who have hurt you or wronged you. Forgiveness in a fallen world is...
by Ray Viola | Jul 3, 2021 | Contemporary Christianity
Paul exhorted the believers in Ephesus to “dress properly” when they gathered together in the Name of Jesus. Ephesus was a city where sexual promiscuity and outward appearance ruled. Paul wanted these saints to know that Jesus redeems had redeemed them out...