by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 6, 2024 | Devotionals
So many times after great victory, we find ourselves plunged into the pit of depression or fear of some sort. Why is that so? I really do not think that you have to be a prophet to conclude that the reason is simple. We are mortal; subject to change. Contrariwise, our...
by Ray Viola | Aug 1, 2024 | Communion Messages
1 John 1.8 “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a...
by Pastor Ray Viola | May 11, 2024 | Prophecy
Just as Joseph was not known and accepted by His brothers until the second time they saw him in Egypt, Jesus Christ will not be recognized and accepted as Messiah by the nation of Israel as a whole until His Second Coming. Scripture is filled with prophecies...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 21, 2023 | Devotionals
The celebration of Christmas is not the celebration of something, it is the celebration of Someone, and that Someone is Jesus Christ. Let’s just take a moment to ponder and wonder at what God did when He became a man. Somehow, in a miraculous, marvelous, mysterious...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 20, 2023 | Devotionals
As we saw yesterday, the very first promise of the incarnation of the Messiah was given in Genesis 3:15: “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” This prophecy of...