by Ray Viola | Dec 16, 2024 | Devotionals, Lessons from the Old Testament
Prov 18.21 Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.Have you ever heard the phrase ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me”? While the original meaning may have been,...
by Pastor Ray Viola | Dec 7, 2024 | Devotionals
Isaiah prophesied that Christ would be “a foundation, a stone”. Paul called Jesus the foundation in 1 Corinthians 3:11. Christ, without controversy, is The Chief Cornerstone2 and Head of His Church. If there is to be any assurance of salvation and subsequent...
by Ray Viola | Dec 2, 2024 | Contemporary Christianity, Devotionals
Romans 12.16 Be not wise in your own conceits.Let me show you a couple of other translations on this verse: And don’t think you know it all! (NLT) Be not wise in your own estimation.(HCSB) Do not be conceited.(NIV) In chapter 14 of Romans, Paul deals with saints...
by Ray Viola | Nov 30, 2024 | Devotionals
1 Corinthians 6.20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.God has purchased the salvation of your eternal soul with the blood of His Son Jesus Christ. Your spirit and body belong to Him. Please...
by Ray Viola | Nov 22, 2024 | Devotionals
Ezekiel 9.4 And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. Most bible believing Christians...