Church In The Valley - Ontario Ranch Campus

The characters both professionally and personally keep everyone in the dark about who they are out of self-preservation. This is actually a struggle we all deal with. If we don’t watch out, this can lead to isolation and not being known which goes against how God made us since he made us for community.

A major relationship killer is pride. When we refuse to ask forgiveness when we’ve blown it or grant forgiveness when someone has wronged us—major cracks begin to appear and widen in any relationship.

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.

Followers of Jesus can look forward to spending an eternity with Him. God also wants us to experience the joy of walking with Him in this life by faithfully fixing our eyes on Jesus, keeping a firm grip on our identity in Christ, staying on the right path, and intently listening to God's voice.

In the future, God will wrap up the story of the earth as we know it. He will deal with the problems that have plagued mankind. The curses will be reversed and we see God setting up a future with His people.

When God’s people were floundering in sin and lacking reliable leadership, God Himself stepped into human history. The climax of Jesus' life was when he willingly suffered and died to pay for mankind’s rebellion.

Leadership is something we see wired into creation. Good leadership provides protection and God blesses and can guide through it. God raised up different kinds of leaders over groups of people who played a role(s) for a season.

Throughout the Bible, we see that we are in a fight (Cosmic War – Ephesians 6). We are always facing opposition (Flesh, World, Devil) and if we will battle effectively as He directs, He gives the victory.

We see throughout the stories in Genesis that God can be depended on to rescue His people.

The first family moves on and multiplies as God had commanded. Sin shows up right away in the next generation, and has been a problem ever since.

Everything in the story takes a major turn with the introduction of a villain and human rebellion. Despite the boundaries, relationship and provisions, the first man and woman decided to rebel from God resulting in severe consequences. Surprisingly we are reminded here that even when things fall apart, God’s love and perfect plan prevails.

In the beginning of this story, we see the eternal uncreated God create an inhabitable planet prepared for His prized creation. They were flesh and blood living beings who would bear His image before creation. God related to them and gave a mandate set direction for the focus of their lives

Life today is uncertain which can breed fear and anxiety. Join us for perspective, principles, and practical tools to help us manage our fears and help others to do the same.

The day of the resurrection, Jesus appears veiled before two men walking along a road. They were discussing all of the events that had recently been unfolding. This same God who they encountered on the road has a story that resonates in our hearts as we hear and personally identify with His great story.

The privilege of voting brings the responsibility to use the power of our vote for good. In addition to the vote, individual Christians and their church communities are needed to be the “moral compass” for our society and should aim to persuade others of the reasonableness of the truth and avoid being pushy or obnoxious.

Christians need to understand the vital connection between absolute truth and the health of our society, then act to influence government to play the role God assigned and to do His will.

An election year brings promises from politicians to fix the problems of our society. If not careful, believers can feel like getting the right person in office is our hope for a better life. As Christ followers, we have only one hope, God Himself.

The core of productivity is to know the highest priority for each day and situation and choose to put it first.

Character is the key component in choosing what’s best and doing God’s will versus our own. Good fruit in life flows from having the kind of character that keeps choosing God’s will to bless others.

The way to peace without having everything under control, when there are all kinds of loose ends, the to do list is growing to gargantuan size, when interruptions abound, is to keep going to God in prayer.