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 Ray Viola | Aug 18, 2021 | Devotionals
Romans 1:31 Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Fallen man is born into this world with diseased or misplaced affections. This moral malady is prevalent in our society. Babies are being murdered in the womb by...
by Ray Viola | Jul 1, 2021 | Devotionals
1 Corinthians 10.13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. James...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Oct 1, 2020 | Devotionals
Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. This proverb does not suggest, but commands us to keep or guard our hearts with all diligence. The word keep can also be translated guard. Think of a soldier or armed officer...
by Ray Viola | Jan 31, 2016 | Contemporary Christianity, Corinthians
The Lord’s Supper is an ordinance of the church that is meant to be a visible representation of the death of Christ as the once and for all sacrifice for our sins. When we observe The Lord’s Supper, oftentimes the emphasis placed upon the process of Jesus’ death...