Valley Vineyard Church

As we wait we will be tempted to take shortcuts or try to change our circumstances. See the story of Abraham and Sarah Genesis 12:1-4, 15:1-6, 16:1-6, 21:1-5 As we wait we need to remember: What God is doing in us is more important than the things we are waiting for.

Endurance in Greek is HUPOMONE Luke 21:19 Stand firm and you will win life. 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of...

2 Corinthians 5:9-10 So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

Psalm 43:2 WHEN. not if THROUGH. He wants you to get through the fire. TEST. A process intended to reveal the quality, performance, or reliability of something or someone before putting it into widespread use. An ordeal to see if you are the real deal! FIRE. It has transforming power. Pancake batter becomes pancakes! Romans 8:28 Water-based Christians: some believers cannot accept that a loving Go...

Mark 4:35-41 (NIV) Throughout our lives we will all experience storms that will test our faith. Storms come because we live in a __fallen__world. Storms come because of our own__sin____. Storms come because we have an evil _enemy_who wants to destroy us. The storms of life reveal our own nature. Hebrews 11:1,6 We may be living with __false____assumptions. We may be living with a lack of ___faith/t...

The greatest sin of the past century is the loss of a sense of sin. Two things have caused this: moral relativism and secular psychology James 1:14-15 " ...but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full grown, gives birth to death." High School age children were asked to identify whic...

Hold to the PROMISE Believe God for the PROVISION Take stock of your PROBLEMS Determine to learn God’s PRINCIPLES Hebrews 3:8 "Do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness…" Deuteronomy 13:3 "…you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and w...

Don’t be afraid to touch people. Recognize that people need touch. When the Spirit is moving, He will lead us to touch others. In the Old Testament we have Genesis 2:7ff Then the LORD formed a man from the dust of the ground…he took one of the man’s ribs and made a woman from the rib… In the Gospels: Jesus touched Peter’s mother-in-law He touched the blind man A woman touched His garment He touche...

James 1:19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry… Become the kind of person that is a good listener. Jesus was a very good listener.

Romans 10:14-15 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” We need to recognize that we follow an incarnational God and are called to...

EXTEND: The Body of Christ in Action, see Matthew 9:35-38 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but...

Today is not only ALL IN Sunday when the youth join us in the main service, but it is also Promotion Sunday when we celebrate the kids that are moving up from children's ministry into youth group AND the graduating youth.