Church in the Valley - Ontario Ranch Campus

The intimidation of the world and our enemies can create fear and keep us from seeking God. Psalm 3 helps us remember that God is sovereignly ruling even where this is opposition.

Our location and circumstances do not have to be perfect for growth. The distractions are all around us and the growing conditions almost always appear less than perfect.

Church in the Valley celebrates 30 years, moving forward together to accomplish the mission!

God loves His people despite their sins and faults. God is faithful despite our unfaithfulness. We ought to view and treat people the way God does. Obedience to God (great commandment) and love for people (great commission) is fuel for the mission.

We are to build up God's kingdom instead of seeking comfort by chasing and building up our own dream home or life. Instead, prioritize the eternal above the perishable.

The mission requires resources/ God has already provided the resources necessary, but they’re under the stewardship of His people. God “built-in” the necessity for His followers to sacrifice, trust, and obey Him.

Our role in the mission is to be faithful, even if things looks bleak. Faith is the mark of a good soldier.

God’s love is equally spread, and His heart equally broken when people are lost. He cares about the entire world, even people far from Him.

Focusing on the "How?" can become a Trojan horse for doubting God's goodness and power and ability to direct our steps so we don't do the first thing because we can't see how it's all going to end.

As we live this new life, we are constantly facing forks in the road where God is calling us into deeper waters with him in faith. It is only natural that we ask the question, "What if I trust and obey him and it doesn't work out?

When we face forks in the road, to trust and obey God or continue in the ways of life we've grown familiar with, we have all sorts of "What About" questions that fill our minds.

We will focus on how long-term faithfulness and consistent courage in the face of opposition is the key to lasting impact.

Comparison and envy robs us of being able to enjoy God’s goodness in the lives of others—while at the same time not being able to see God’s goodness in our own. Comparison is the death of contentment and leads to much frustration in life.

We face tremendous pressure in life to be Wonder-Woman or Wonder-man—but we’re not super heroes and end up burning out on the pressure we experience from without and within.

God has designed men to thrive when they exercise the courage to fight for the right things and show strength by bearing their responsibility well.

God doesn’t want His people to be isolated from the world or infiltrated by it – he wants us to be insulated from cultural ideas and values that will translate into harmful attitudes and actions.

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Peter was a man so passionate for the lost, that he literally walked right into harm’s way just to reach the next person. God and others warned him that he would face tremendous opposition, but he would not respond by altering course.

Moses, though he felt under qualified for the task (Exodus 3-4), played a major role as a key figure in God’s plan in history. Not a perfect leader, but determined to keep focused on moving God’s people towards God’s promises.

Sarah was a woman who by our standards would have ample reason to fear. Fear is a normal human emotion that can come upon us (alerts us to danger). What we do with fear or sudden fear can set a direction for our life.

As we embrace correction (last week) God can continue to train us as we seek Him and we can grow in wisdom over the long haul as we rely on His resources.

For wisdom to stick over the long haul we need to learn how to embrace correction (which is why we need humility and fear of the Lord). Wisdom’s approach in developing us comes with correction first, then principles and reasons follow.

To improve and grow in life we need wisdom. When we’ve experienced aspects of life unravelling, we need wisdom to see things differently. Wisdom allows us to see, consider, and learn from life and our circumstances

We can tend to live with the same problems plaguing us our entire lives. To truly change means we cannot just change our circumstances—we need to change our heart and what/who we live for.

Sometimes conflict and injustice comes into our lives and we didn’t directly provoke it. Whenever injustice occurs, it’s natural to desire retaliation, but when we pursue our own retaliation it reveals a heart that doesn’t trust in the Lord’s ultimate rescue.