The Present
[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”center” animation_delay=”0″]3297|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/maxresdefault-1.jpg|full[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″] Note: The original livestream this was taken from cut out so this file starts a little late. A lot of the stories in the bible can be uncomfortable. Some of them are REALLY uncomfortable, like the one we find in Genesis 22:2-18. This story has a […]
A Taste Of Home
[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”center” animation_delay=”0″]3218|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-Taste-of-Home.png|full[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″] If you haven’t ever read Psalm 84, stop what you’re doing and pause to read it now: How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty! 2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the […]
More Than We Bargained For
[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”center” animation_delay=”0″]3191|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/More-Than-We-Bargained-For.jpg|full[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″] Luke 8:42-48 In this short but poignant story, we meet a woman who is named only by her physical illness. We meet her at her lowest and most desperate moment, a moment that could have been the most embarrassing moment of this woman’s life, but instead […]
Justice For The Oppressed
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The Sound of Silence
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Let It Rain
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Battle of the Gods
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When Our Backs Are Against The Wall
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When We Are Faithless
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When They Won’t Say Sorry
[cmsmasters_row data_padding_right=”3″ data_padding_left=”3″ data_width=”boxed”][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”center” animation_delay=”0″]3092|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Copy-of-confession-and-forgiveness-7.jpg|full[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″] Romans 12:17-21 “Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” As Christians we are called to have a posture […]