Valley Lights Church Podcast

Learn how to contend for the faith!

The Story of Zechariah and Elizabeth

God can write stories that seem impossible to us. Trust God to set the agenda for your life. Anticipate that God might use methods you hadn’t considered.

What to do when our preferred timing sometimes doesn't match God's?

How to Endure

How to build satisfying relationships.

How to avoid relationship killers.

Whoever refreshes others will himself be refreshed.

What does it look like to bring more people in to this church family? How does a person go from, “I’m new here,” to “I belong here”?

We must guard our hearts with all diligence. Know what’s deep inside. Whether we like it nor not, our hearts guide everything we say and do. Even the very attitudes we choose.

Do you have a desire that is driving you? Be brutally honest with yourself. It is very hard to let go of those. If you let that desire drive you, you might be completely unaware of the devastating consequences around the corner.

The Usual Suspects. Those very ingrained patterns of foolishness. The Bible teaches that we have life strategies that come so natural, but are so self-destructive. Because we try to figure out life apart from God.

Having trouble in life? These are the usual suspects! Identify your own favorite flavors of foolishness. It’s easy to listen to a series like this, and see all the fools around you. My hope is this becomes a more self-reflective series. We’re walking through these Fools so you can identify counter-production patterns and turn to walk in wisdom. Wherever you find yourself related to these foolish p...

If you’re going to follow Jesus, it will have a major impact on your relationships. Jesus is the one relationship that affects all others in a decisive way. As we read through the conclusion of Paul’s letter, it exposes another risk we may face.

When it comes to disputes and quarrels. The true reward doesn’t come from being right. The goal is not to win the argument; we want to win people’s hearts. We want to win over a brother or sister.

“Be strong.” We are to choose to be strong. But the strengthening comes from Jesus. We don’t muster up the power and strength from within. We rely on the strength that God supplies. There is a kind of strength we may only get from him.

Starting a new series, Risk & Reward. I want to be honest about some of the risks that come with following Jesus. There’s quite a few. Following Jesus is not easy. It’s costly. The cost seems to go up. This is helpful for people exploring. And also for people already Christians.

We’re in a series called “Sharing Our Very Lives.” Practicing hospitality. Slowing down for unrushed time with people. Opening our hearts. Big goal is to invest more time in people.

We’re in a message series called Sharing Our Very Lives . It’s a high priority to God that we learn to develop deep, meaningful relationships. This often requires a certain amount of sacrifice. We have to share words, share our homes, share our very selves.

The Christian life isn’t just about fulfilling a list of duties. We get to experience the joy of meaningful relationships. As our love for God grows, our affection for his people also grows. This adds so much color and delight to life.

Today, we’re continuing a series called SHARPENED. We’re looking at the topic of fellowship. In the Bible, we see that people are like tools that God uses to sharpen us.

Today we are starting a new series called Sharpened. In this series we are going to look at two aspects of our fellowship (what happens when we relate and gather together) that sharpen us.

Is our country off track? And if so, how do we get it back on track? How does God view our nation? The Bible gives us much-needed perspective on this. Let’s start answering this question with a big, important truth.

“Why isn’t God answering my prayers?” There may not be a final answer. There’s more to God and the way he runs the universe than we can fully grasp in this life. There’s more to the way he runs our personal lives than we can fully see. The passages we have looked at today, and many others, can have a wonderful impact of strengthening our faith in God through prayer.

Today we are starting a new message series called, Why God? There are common questions we tend to ask. If you don’t have a very good answer, then it can be a struggle to trust God. It’s natural to try to figure out WHY. What is the source? We tend to think there’s just once source. Either it’s God. Or it was my own fault. Or it was the devil. Rather than it being simply this or that, many times th...