Valley Creek Church Weekend Messages

Celebrating is paying attention and calling attention to the good in someone else, and it's evidence of the goodness of God in our lives! In this message, Justin Lanham taught us that, when our hearts are full of the goodness of God, we're able to see and celebrate where God is at work. Celebrating is a tool that God gives us to release His kingdom to the world around us!

When was the last time someone asked you a meaningful question? Jesus was great at asking questions, because He knew that one question can change everything. Jesus asked questions to help people discover something about themselves, and about Himself, and when they answered... He listened! In this message, Pastor Becca Reynolds teaches us that asking meaningful questions is a way we can live like J...

We live with a spirit of gratitude! Gratitude is the normal response to God's grace and goodness in our lives, and it's about more than just one day; it's a lifestyle. In this special Live Thanks Experience, Pastor Jason Hillier walks us through expressing gratitude and surrendering our gratitude to God.

Gratitude is more than saying, "thank you." Gratitude is the response to the goodness of God in our lives! In this message, three of our staff leaders teach us what it looks like to live with gratitude in all circumstances. When we live with gratitude, we're thankful for what we want, but also for what we need. Gratitude helps keep us focused on what we have, not on what we don't. And true gratitu...

One of the biggest keys of getting outside of ourselves is generosity. To love is to be generous, and to be generous is to love! In this message, Pastor Jason Hillier teaches us that, because Jesus is the owner and provider of our finances, we can be generous to those around us. Generosity is good will on display. It's how we combat selfishness, and it's the mark of a follower of Jesus! When the p...

If someone asked you, "Who's your neighbor?" how would you respond? Your friends? Your coworkers? Your actual next-door neighbor? In this message, Pastor Jason Hillier teaches us what it looks like to release grace and love to the people God brings to us everyday. And remember, we can't release grace at high speeds. Where is God inviting you to slow down, receive His grace, and release it to those...

We were created to work... and that's a very good thing! Ever since the beginning, God has called and commissioned us to do good work. Work is in the fabric and fiber of who we were created to be! When Adam fell, it changed the way we saw work. But what we lost in the Garden, Jesus restored for us. We're not supposed to work to become anyone or achieve anything; we work because we are God's good w...

What does it look like for us to live on mission with God in the midst of our everyday lives? You were created for more than just going through the motions of life. You were created to change your world! In this message, Pastor John Stickl takes us back to our Hope Carrier Initiative, launched in January 2023, to revisit the message from week one, "Created for More." The world is longing for hope;...

Be still and know that He is God! There is some knowing of God that can't be pursued; it can only be found in the stillness. In this message, Pastor John Stickl wrapped up our YHWH series by inviting us to still our hearts, minds, and lives to reflect on what we have learned about who God is and what He is like. Throughout this series, have you found yourself thinking about God differently? Is tha...

How does God define His goodness? In this message, Pastor John Stickl walks us through Exodus 34, where God declares who He is by proclaiming His compassion, grace, patience, love, faithfulness, forgiveness, and justice. This is God revealing Himself and His goodness to us. And when we focus on that goodness, His glory radiates from our countenance to those around us. As the goodness of the Lord i...

God is good. It's His nature, His character, and His identity. Do you believe that? God is good at being good, and a good God can only do and say good things! Every temptation in our life comes from a place where we're questioning God's goodness. People who really know God know there is always more of Him to discover, and we will never get to the end of discovering the goodness of God.

God is calling us back to the heart of worship, and He's inviting us to put Him back into the center of our lives. In this experience, worship leaders from all our campuses came together at our Flower Mound campus to present songs of sacrifice to God. This is how we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us. He gave the ultimate sacrifice – everything – for us. Our newest worship album, "...

What is God's name? When we hear that question, a lot of words may come to mind. He's our rescuer, our redeemer, our Father, and our healer. But what would He say His name is? And what does God's name really mean? Contained within the name of God is the identity, character, nature, glory, destiny, personhood, and reality of who God is. In this message, Pastor John Stickl answers the question, "Wha...

What if Jesus is better than we think? God wants to reveal Himself to us, and the humanity and divinity of Jesus is a pathway to knowing more about the character of God. The main reason Jesus came was to show us what the Father is really like. In Him, we see everything we would ever want to know about God. In this message, Pastor John Stickl teaches us that, by looking to Jesus, we can see what it...

Do you have room in your thoughts for God? Whatever we think about God will directly impact every area of our lives. Our thoughts about God don't change who He is; it changes how we live. The more we focus on God and His faithfulness, the more we are filled with faith! When we have a broken view of God, it creates a broken view of everything else. Spiritual warfare is breaking down arguments and o...

As a family, we've been praying, fasting, and crying out to God for an awakening. We've been asking Him to turn our hearts toward Him, because we know there is so much more of Jesus and His kingdom to experience. Fasting is how we practice denying our flesh and walking in the Spirit. Today, Pastor John Stickl walked us through praying for God to continue to awaken our hearts to Him, His love, His...

We will become that which we turn our hearts toward. Whenever God goes first and awakens our hearts to Him, it creates a choice. Are we going to chose to turn away from the world and continue to lean into Him, or are we going to choose to go back to sleep? Remember, the grace at work within us is so much stronger than the flesh at work against us! As we prepare for a week of prayer and fasting, Pa...

Who turns your heart? Whatever our heart is turned to, that's what we're awakened to. Often times, we're awakened to the wrong things (the world) and dead to the right things (the kingdom of God). And no matter how hard we try, we can't awaken our own hearts. So, it's time for an awakening! God, turn our hearts to You! In this message, Pastor John shares how Jesus came to turn our hearts to God, a...

Ephesians 4:32 tells us, "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you." Forgiveness is key to living a healthy family, and the road to forgiveness is traveled through kindness and compassion. In this message, Pastor Jason Hillier wraps up our 60 Days of Family series by teaching us that, when we remember who we are and what Jesus has done for u...

What does it look like to be the greatest in the kingdom of God? It might look a little different than we think. The greatest are actually the servants, and God's heart for our families is servanthood. Serving isn't about what we do; it's about who we are. We learn what servanthood looks like by looking to Jesus because Jesus served us best when we deserved it the least. In this message, Sebastian...

Discipline in the world looks a lot different than discipline in the kingdom of God. In the world, discipline looks like punishment. But when we've put our trust in Jesus, we can look at discipline the way God intended us to – as love! In this message, Pastor Dave Scriven teaches us that, since discipline comes from God, we can trust Him to show us how it should look in our families. Healthy disci...

One of the most foundational ways to have a healthy family is by practicing healthy communication! In this message, some of our teaching team walk us through James 1:19 as we learn how to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry. This verse is a framework for how we can live like Jesus in the ways we communicate to everyone in our lives – but it's especially important to follow...

God designed us to live in the presence of the family He has given us! His heart and design is to be present with us, as our good Father, and to put us in a family to be present with one another. To be present means we are wherever we are with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength, fully available to do whatever God wants to do. In this message, Eric Sommerhauser teaches us that we can be presen...

What's your vision for your family? A better question may be, what's God's vision for your family? A vision is the ability to see a preferred future. It tells you who you're becoming as a family! Proverbs 29:18 says, “Where there is no vision, the people will perish.” So, where there is vision, the people will flourish! In this message, Pastor Becca Reynolds teaches us what would it look like for...

So much of what we think about family is often defined by our own experiences and expectations, but unsurrendered expectations lead to ongoing frustrations. When we live surrendered to Jesus, it leads to victories for our family! In this message, Pastor Jason Hillier kicks off our 60 Days of Family series, where we're learning to live as a healthy family together. When we look to God's Word to see...