Thu - January 31, 2008Buy Truth and Do Not Sell ItThis morning at TMS chapel, Bob Provost,
President of Slavic Gospel Association in Russia, spoke passionately with
conviction about the truth and its effect in the country of Russia, where he
serves. The first phrase of Proverbs 23:23 says, "Buy truth, and do not sell
it..." Simple to commit to memory yet easy to disobey, this truth drives
churches across the world to be and do all that God wants for His
people.
Posted at 11:33 AM Read More Wed - January 23, 2008Mexicali MexicoRecent attempts to connect with a church in
Mexico have been delayed due to unforeseen events which have arisen. Valley
Bible is still hopeful to soon visit a particular church in Mexicali, Mexico.
This church is close to the border (accessible), young, needs help, and most
importantly has Biblically sound leaders. So just as the dry earth waits for
the rain to fall, so Valley Bible waits for the Lord to open the door to Mexico.
In His timing there will be a harvest of righteousness sown. Let us all pray in
patience.
Posted at 04:53 PM Read More Mon - January 21, 2008God's Sovereignty at PlayJames MacDonald, pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel
in the Chicago area, spoke in chapel at The Master's Seminary this Thursday on
Acts 12. He said that it is easy to say that God is in control of all that is
going on around us, but it is quite difficult to truly believe that God is
sovereign when life gets difficult. There are four truths pulled out of Acts 12
which help us truly believe that God is sovereign.
Posted at 03:36 PM Read More Thu - January 17, 2008Truth and LifeThis Friday night there will be an extra special
activity planned for those of us in the ROCK group. We will be meeting at Kyle
and Kathy Jenison's house at 5:30 and leaving for the Master's College promptly
for the Truth and Life Conference. The Main Session starts at 7pm and
afterwards there will be an hour long worship concert with special music for all
of us to worship our Great God in a chorus us praise. The topic of the night
will be Discipleship: The Character of Authentic Discipleship.
Posted at 11:27 AM Read More Mon - December 10, 2007An Acts 6:4 Ambidextrous ChurchPastor John MacArthur's former personal
assistant, Daniel Henderson, preached in chapel on Acts 6:1-7 on his passion to
equip pastors in ministry in the arena of prayer. He called it "An Acts 6:4
Renaissance", declaring that revival, reawakening of that which is true, and
rebirth are only possible through declaring dependence and prayerfulness to the
LORD. He pointed out a few major observations from the
text:
1) Natural crisis can lead to supernatural opportunity; 2) Focused leadership leads to supernatural opportunity; and 3) Unleashed saints accomplish supernatural ministry. Posted at 01:26 PM Read More Wed - November 14, 2007Service Needs in ValleyThere are some important areas of need in certain
ministries at Valley Bible that have come up either as a result of moving to the
new building and cutting the third service out, people dropping out for whatever
reason, overall short-handedness, or just that our church is growing. The
college group is a group of believers that is perfect to pull from and get
plugged in to some of these areas of needs. If you feel like you could help one
service on Sunday mornings and aren't already busy for that "off service", then
please talk with myself (Kyle Jenison), Kim Taylor (children's ministries),
Rocky Osborne (AWANA ministry, coffee and donut ministry, and greeting
ministry), or David Johnston (youth ministry). There are more areas to serve
and leaders who are eager to have another committed soul to help with the work
in their particular ministry. More information will be coming about specific
service descriptions from the ministry leaders themselves.
Posted at 02:39 PM Read More Thu - November 8, 2007The Weighty Glory of GodPastor Tom Pennington from Countryside Bible
Church in Texas, spoke in chapel on Ephesians 1 to show us that God chose us to
manifest the glory of his grace. He began with stating that "Man has an
insatiable desire to glorify himself". How often can we agree with that? But
that is not the Lord's plan. His far more supreme plan is to chose us that He
might be made much of, not us. And that is exactly what verses 3-14 are: an
outburst (all in one sentence) of praise to God for His plan of redemption.
He went on to handle the text pointing to just the first part of verse 6 which says, "to the praise of his glorious grace". Posted at 04:05 PM Read More Tuesday Prayer MeetingsIn last week's prayer meeting we looked at Acts
6:1-7 and examined what it took for the church to experience supernatural
opportunity. The answer lies in verse 4 and emphasizes a devotion to "prayer
and the ministry of the Word".
At Valley Bible we make it our aim to honor the Word, to follow Christ's command, and to subject ourselves to the text of Scripture, but how will this commitment please the Lord if we aren't devoting ourselves just as passionately to entering the presence of the Lord in prayer? Draw into His presence this week for "He is worthy to be sought." Posted at 02:40 PM Read More Found: God's WillCollege is that time of life when everything
seems to flip upside down. You take college-level courses to line you up for a
career and not just an education; you have to find a job or grants and
scholarships to be able to make it financially; you are keeping your eyes wide
open for the special mate you might marry just around the corner; you may be
moving out and having to live on your own means; you will be finding your role
more in the body of Christ and in which local church you will serve in; you get
the idea...
In our College Sunday school class, Tim Moes will be leading our group through a book discussion on pastor and writer John MacArthur's Found: God's Will. Hopefully this will be a time to learn how to think Biblically about all those hard decisions and what exactly to do for you in life. Posted at 08:48 AM Read More Thu - October 11, 2007A Physician of SoulsPastor Scott Ardavanis from Placerita Baptist
Church in Santa Clarita preached powerfully and passionately from 1
Thessalonians 5:14. "Jesus is a Physician of souls and each person is sick in
different ways," says Pastor Scott. This passage is a biblical strategy for
dealing with people with varying degrees of sickness. From this verse we see
that as "brothers", meaning the whole body of Christ, we must
all:
1) Admonish the unruly; 2) Encourage the fainthearted; and 3) Help the weak. Posted at 02:28 PM Read More Seeking the approval of man, or God?Pastor Brad Klausen, Dean of a Preachers
Institute called Samara Seminary in Russia, said, "The greatest need in Russia
is for expository preaching." He challenged us in chapel to think about reasons
why you wouldn't go to into missions work. He asked what our motives in
ministering to others are and then laid out 3 realities found in Galatians 1:10
relating to this topic:
1) Ministry is all about a search for approval; 2) The search for approval only finds two sources; and 3) The two sources of approval are mutually exclusive. Posted at 02:04 PM Read More Mon - October 8, 2007An Uncontentious Contender for the TruthIn The Master's Seminary (TMS) chapel on Thursday
(10/4), the message was on "How to Contend for the Truth without being
Contentious" and the text was 2 Timothy 2:23-26. Paul encouraged Timothy with
four right ways to handle when truth is mishandled in the church:
(1) Refuse to discuss silly speculative subjects, v. 23; (2) Represent the Lord Jesus Christ, v. 24; (3) Rely on God and His Word, v. 25b; and (3) Remember the ultimate objective, vv. 25-26. Posted at 10:29 AM Read More Mon - October 1, 2007Missing the MarkDue to the busyness of my schedule this school
year, we will be taking a break from going through the book of Mark. Starting
this Friday night, the ROCK group will be studying an overview of the Old
Testament as we cover one book a week, or at least try to. The OT in general
provides a better background, fuller understanding, and broader base to
everything we study in the New Testament.
Posted at 01:09 PM Read More Tue - September 25, 2007Sunday School StatusWe have had the great opportunity to hear Gerry
Andersen teach on World Missions in the adult Sunday School class for the passed
three weeks. The first week was the Passion for Missions, and then we looked
into Principles of Missions. We learned about the People of Missions las
Sunday, and next week will be the Practice of Missions. Please try to make it
to this last class during first service in room 104. In two weeks we will be
back in the Library with C. J. Mahaney's The Cross-Centered Life.
Posted at 04:35 PM Read More Tue - September 18, 2007Open Doors and Hearts for the Gospel"Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful
in it with thanksgiving. 3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open
up to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of
which I am in prison--4 that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to
speak."
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