by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 28, 2022 | Contemporary Christianity
Jesus the Messiah was anointed by the Spirit of the Lord. One of the recorded evidences of this was that He would not strive. In our lives one sure way to detect sin is when the flesh is striving against the Holy Spirit. The flesh, manifested in strife, aspires to...
by Ray Viola | Apr 26, 2021 | Devotionals
My exhortation this morning is regarding a promise of God for all of His people who have shed tears on earth. God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes (Revelation 7:17). Think about that, beloved. There is a time coming when you and I as children of The Living...
by Ray Viola | Feb 13, 2021 | Devotionals
John 15.1-7 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Oct 11, 2020 | Devotionals
James 2:23 … Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. James tells us that Abraham believed God, and was called God’s friend. He then tells us that to be a friend of the world is equivalent to being an...
by Ray Viola | Apr 3, 2020 | Devotionals
1 John 2.15-17 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. The...