by Ray Viola | Mar 6, 2021 | Contemporary Christianity, Devotionals
Before I tell you what a worship war is all about, let me ask you – what is worship supposed to be? Worship is that act of lifting our hearts and tongues to our great God in praise and adoration of Who He is. We praise and worship Him for His redeeming grace and...
by Ray Viola | Jan 21, 2021 | Devotionals
Ezekiel 44:23 And they shall teach my people [the difference] between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. The priests of the line of Zadok were to teach God’s people that there is a difference between the holy and...
by Ray Viola | Nov 14, 2020 | Devotionals, Prophecy
John tells us in his first epistle that a lively awareness of The Lord’s soon appearance will cause us to walk in purity (1 John 3:3). A careful reading of the New Testament leaves us with an undeniable fact that they believed The Lord could come at any moment. Paul...
by Ray Viola | Sep 30, 2020 | Devotionals
Romans 6.18-21 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield...
by Ray Viola | Aug 18, 2020 | Devotionals
One of the idols of contemporary Christianity is the idol of activity. You would think that busyness always meant godliness. Undoubtedly there is the true work of God that is a labor of love, night and day (1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8), but it is very...