by Pastor Ray Viola | Jul 12, 2023 | Devotionals
Malachi 2:1,2 “And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Aug 21, 2022 | Contemporary Christianity, Prayer
As we read in Acts 1, to wait for the “power from on high”, the disciples prayed. The lesson here is that the praying person or church is the one that walks in the power of the Holy Spirit. When told to wait for the promise of the Spirit they prayed. The most...
by Ray Viola | Jun 5, 2022 | Devotionals
When Jesus gave that all-encompassing invitation to ‘Come to Me…Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me’, I would think that any argument about our daily walk or question about determining His will for our lives would be laid to rest. Sadly, that is not the case....
by Ray Viola | Jan 26, 2022 | Devotionals
Matthew 20:30-34 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more,...
by Ray Viola | Jan 5, 2022 | Devotionals
Isaiah 28:9-14 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and...