by Ray Viola | Aug 27, 2025 | Devotionals
In the letters to the churches in the book of Revelations, The Lord Jesus places His hand upon the saints in Sardis and declares them to be dead. On the outside they had a reputation for being very much alive, but on the inside the life of Christ was absent. How does...
by Ray Viola | Jul 7, 2025 | Devotionals
“For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not...
by Ray Viola | May 20, 2025 | Devotionals
What does a blessed life look like? Or let me put it this way: What does God say that a life that is blessed looks like? The answer is found in the Holy Scriptures. In beginning a teaching in what has been called “The Sermon on the Mount”, The Lord Jesus Christ opens...
by Ray Viola | Dec 31, 2024 | Devotionals, Lessons from the Old Testament
Psalm 27. 13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.This in one of the most precious Psalms written by David. It is a record of David’s faith in The Lord, and His desire to dwell in His presence. But it is...
by Ray Viola | Oct 28, 2024 | Devotionals
Deut 30.19,20 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his...