by Ray Viola | Dec 30, 2021 | Contemporary Christianity
With so many evangelical voices today, it can become quite confusing in determining how God intends me to respond. We have (and deeply need) ministries that zero in on families, prayer, singles, prisons, the unsaved, discipleship, and so forth. Each one is indeed both...
by Ray Viola | Dec 13, 2021 | Devotionals
The Bible teaches that the Holy Spirit is a person and is very actively involved in our lives. In fact, we would not be Christians if it hadn’t been for the Spirit’s conviction, and we would not have a guarantee of our inheritance if it weren’t for...
by Ray Viola | Nov 27, 2021 | Devotionals
“Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Both faith unto salvation and faith unto spiritual development are the product of hearing the word of God. Of course, we readily see that this hearing is much more than audible, natural hearing. ...
by Ray Viola | Nov 26, 2021 | Devotionals
Mankind is spirit, soul and body. That is, we’re basically physical and spiritual in nature, and we need sight in both areas. Our Lord Jesus is still the One who opens the eyes of the blind. Whenever He heard the cry, “Have mercy on us,”...
by Ray Viola | Nov 24, 2021 | Devotionals
Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. Isaiah 19:22 And the LORD shall smite...