What Does Jesus Want From You?
[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1785|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Adobe-Spark20-300×200.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″]Jesus came to this world to make us holy. When people think about holiness, they usually equate it with “being good” but as we study the Bible, we learn that that isn’t actually what holiness is. […]
Don’t Just Do Something… Sit There!
[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1779|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Adobe-Spark18-300×300.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″]Many Christians are very busy serving the Church and their Lord in all kinds of ministries. Sometimes, that very service can be an obstacle to experiencing the life-giving grace of a relationship with our Saviour. This […]
Follow the (Right) Leader
[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1774|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Adobe-Spark17-300×300.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″]There are a lot of voices and leaders in our world that we can follow. There may even be people we know or look up to that seem to have it all together – they are […]
Jesus’ Good News is for Sinners, Not the Righteous
[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1764|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Adobe-Spark16-300×200.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″] Humans tend to think that Jesus is only for good people. They think that “bad” people aren’t worthy of Jesus and don’t fit his “criteria.” Luke 5 records a story that surprises the religious leaders […]
Judgement
[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1744|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Adobe-Spark15-300×200.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″]Esther 9 is a passage that might first strike us as violent and hateful. It is interesting as we dig deeper into it that it actually portrays God’s justice and his hate for sin. It was […]
Pride
[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1739|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Adobe-Spark14-300×200.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″]This part of Esther teaches us all about pride. Pride is the greatest and most insidious of all human sin – and also the most dangerous. There is only one cure for pride – tune in […]
Grace Produces Greatness
[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1735|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Adobe-Spark13-300×200.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″]This passage unpacks the reality that God doesn’t need us to do His work, but He wants us to. It is through His grace and by His grace that we are given the courage to do […]
Never Absent
[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1730|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Adobe-Spark11-300×200.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″]Sometimes God seems completely absent from our lives. Circumstances overwhelm us and when we cry out for help, we feel like we get no answer. But God is never absent, no matter how it may feel […]
God is Our Father and That Makes All the Difference When We Pray
[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1713|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Adobe-Spark10-300×300.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″] “Many (Christians) claim to believe prayer works, but their actions say otherwise. Some rarely pray, and when they do, they don’t expect anything to change.” – Craig Groeschel Why do we pray? Does prayer even […]
A Glorious Hope
[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”center” animation_delay=”0″]1707|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Adobe-Spark8-1024×683.jpg|large[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″] “Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge. I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.” Psalm 16:1-2 [/cmsmasters_text][/cmsmasters_column][/cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_row data_padding_bottom=”0″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_bg_color=”rgba(0,26,51,0)” data_color=”default” […]