Manny Rivera

BE BOLD, BE DARING

Easter Sunday is still the most popular, opportune and leading day of evangelism for the church.  Just about any person with any kind of inclination toward God will come to church on Easter Sunday, especially if they’re invited! I want to challenge all ICers to...

Happy Birthday Zealynd!

I’m officially a proud parent of teenagers. Yesterday was my youngest son’s birthday, Zealynd Price Rivera.  The era of preteen has come to an end for Victoria and I.  Thus far our “teen parenting years” haven’t lived up to their crazy reputation. And with that we are...

EASTER INVITE FOR YOU!

I love this time of year.  We are gearing up for our Easter Service. The Lord gave His all for us, therefore, we go all out during Easter!   We need to learn to honor this time of year, for it’s the very crux of our faith! This year we’re doing something...

Surrender and Honor

What? Where?  When? How? And then finally, in fourth place, – Who? If this was an Olympic competition “who” wouldn’t even make it on the medal stand!  This is the usual order of priority we place the questions regarding our purpose and destiny. Yesterday, during...

DISHONOR

Yesterday, we continued in our message series, HONOROLOGY.   Yesterday’s message was titled, “The Kiss of Judas.” I’ll have to admit, this was a very difficult message to preach.  The more I studied the life and the decisions of Judas, the more I saw...