by Ray Viola | Oct 22, 2020 | Devotionals
Philippians 4.4 4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. Too often the Christian loses sight of this most important truth. We seem to find ourselves regularly in the slough of despair. I cannot always rejoice in the circumstances, but I can rejoice in...
by Ray Viola | Oct 20, 2020 | Devotionals
Isaiah 48.15,16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me. Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy...
by Ray Viola | Oct 17, 2020 | Devotionals
Jonah 4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. What was it that displeased Jonah? The fact that God was gracious, merciful, slow to anger and kind towards the repentant Ninevites. Jonah had expected the Ninevites to reject God’s message and...
by Ray Viola | Oct 15, 2020 | Devotionals
The Hebrew word for the English word “salvation” is “yeshuw`ah”, which in the New Testament is translated, “Jesus”. Jesus, of course, is more literally “Yeshua”, being a Hebrew name (Matthew 1:21). This morning we will be looking at a text that speaks of “the wells of...
by Ray Viola | Oct 13, 2020 | Contemporary Christianity
Hebrews 10.25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. God has ordained The Lords Day as a day to honor Him, hear His word and reflect on His...