Valleyview Friends Church

A grumble is discontent. A grumble is resentment. A grumble is accusation. A grumble is dangerous. It can be easy to want to complain, to grumble. But be careful grumblings twin is discontentment and that discontentment will try to feed itself with more and more grumbling. Your grumbles will never right your soul. A grumble cannot soothe your hurts. Make no mistake - Grumbling is a spiritual problem. The bible, God's word to you speaks profoundly about the danger of grumbling. A grumble, a complaint tells you a lie. The lie of a grumble is that you are just expressing that you want what is right for yourself. Grumbles run much deeper. Do not underestimate what your grumbles say to God.

Trusting God is critical for you well being, trusting him is what will help you navigate every and any situation you encounter in life.

God goes ahead of you and he is behind you. He is with you and he invites you to trust in him and revel in his presence and protection in the battles of life.

The burning bush may be unique, however powerful encounters with God are available to everyone; to enter God's presence, experience his holiness and to answer his call upon you.

There is a real limit to our own strength, our willpower, even our stubbornness has limits. If you want real strength for what you are facing, if you want to live big for God, you can only do so by his strength.

Thriving relationships grow out of godly surrender. More importantly redeemed relationships shine with Christlikeness.

August 9, 2026 - Walk - Ephesians 5-1-20 by Valleyview Friends Church

In our text today, Paul calls the Christian to put off the old and put on the new and he gives 5 concrete examples of what it looks like to live as a new creation in Christ.

July 26, 2026 - A Life Worthy - Ephesians 4:1-16 by Valleyview Friends Church

One of the boldest prayers you can pray is to pray for other Christians, the Church, to be filled with Jesus.

Grace is God's gift to us, paid for by Jesus, worked through us by the Holy Spirit. Grace redeems us and grace moves us forward with purpose. Grace binds us together in unity. Grace humbles us, grace blesses us. We need the gift of God's grace.

As we reflect on 250 years as a nation it is good to remember God's call to act justly, love mercy and to walk humbly with God.

June 28, 2026 - A Temple of Peace - Ephesians 2:11-22 by Valleyview Friends Church

You are God's workmanship, and through Christ you become a new creation, a masterpiece.

Prayer built on your relationship with God will be stronger than prayer built on your desires, needs and worries.

To grow and mature as a Christian and as a Church you need to know who you are in Christ.

Following Jesus is not easy, but Jesus equips every Christian with everything they need to follow Him and carry out his great commission.

When you trust Jesus he will satisfy your thirst and open the way to the Holy Spirit in your life.

Where you live matters. The way you live with relationships, the thoughts you let reside in your minds, all the stuff you fill up your life with has consequences. Psalm 1 tells us that it is best to live near God.

The Christian is to live a holy life as a witness, to show others the life they are really meant for and who they really are before God.

Spiritual maturity is God's desire for you, as you grow you are more able to serve God's kingdom, but refusal to grow drains the resources of the body of Christ instead of strengthening it.  

Beware of thieves and hired hands, they look harmless but are deadly, they cannot give the true life that Jesus gives.

Encountering and putting your faith in the risen Jesus Christ is the difference between a fearful life that is stuck, uncertain and drifting and a life full of Peace, purpose, and power.

Easter is the proof that God's love for you is more that just a feeling or words, God's Love for you is real, perfect, powerful, redemptive and personal.

The atonement of Jesus for your sins is available to you when you believe in him and when you confess your sin and that Jesus is Lord.

Forgiveness is essential to peacemaking and essential to life. Without forgiveness the past becomes your master and bitterness will eat away your life.

Speaking the truth in love is aimed at the maturity and unity of the body of Christ.

True Peacemaking follows a biblical pathway.

Peacemaking does not begin horizontally with those around us, instead peacemaking begins vertically between ourselves and God, your heart is where peacemaking starts.

Christian you are called to wear the uniform of Christ, to testify Christ, to grow in Christ and to glorify Christ. Fortunately it is not up to you to make the uniform fit, Christ makes it fit with his perfect love, his peace ruling, his message dwelling and that we do it all in the Name of Christ.

Being in Christ is what matters so be on guard from whatever tries to pull you away from Christ.

You will find satisfaction only in Jesus, You are to keep your heart and mind set on Jesus because then you will be reminded of who you are in Jesus, you will be reminded you are hidden with Jesus and your life will will be transformed by Jesus.

You are invited to receive the promise of the house of the Lord forever and make it your testimony.

A pause in our sermon series to reflect and pray verse by verse through Psalm 23.

The only way to navigate the darkest valleys is to keep your eyes on Jesus.

You are invited to know the Lord, to trust the Lord and depend upon him, it is only by trusting in him that we can navigate the darkest valleys of life and find the peace we need.

Most of us can see that we need to grow and improve, but our vision of what needs to change in our lives is far smaller and less marvelous than the transformation of holiness that God wants to bring about in you.

We live in a dark world, and need the light of Christ who is our Savior named; Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father and Prince of Peace.

Each of us must ask of ourselves, “God has come to meet with me am I willing to draw near to God, to take a step on my part to meet with Jesus?

If you follow Jesus You posses the greatest blessings a person can have, but sometimes those blessings are not immediately apparent, sometimes you look for different blessings and outcomes, but they are blessings “for your good, to build you up.”

The return of Jesus draws near, so the Christian is to live, awake, alert and holy lives.

Don't over look the waiting. Waiting is useful. It's a time for growing. For the Christian is a time for renewing and reshaping. God uses the time of waiting to do necessary shaping.

Christian waiting is not easy but it is hope-filled anticipation built on God's promises.

Fortunately Jesus makes the first move he invites you to see, specifically to see him and have faith in him. Jesus offers restoration to you.

November 9. 2025 - What do you want to see? - John 9:13-24 by Valleyview Friends Church

November 2, 2025 - What does it take to see? - John 9-1-12 by Valleyview Friends Church

The ministry of faith is a proclamation to the non-Christian. The ministry of faith is encouragement to the believer. The ministry of faith is a mission that cannot be stopped.    The ministry of faith, transforms struggle and tragedy into worship and rejoicing.   The ministry of faith can be accomplished by every Christian.

If you expect the Bible, the word of God to conform to the shape of your convictions you cannot live a Scripture soaked life, you cannot really live at all.

You are called to guard your faith so that you can victoriously overcome the challenges of this world and celebrate eternity with Christ.

October 5, 2025 - Animal Theology - Various Scripture Passages by Valleyview Friends Church

Facing the battle with temptation.