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God is Light
Mountain Valley Church of God - July 10, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating5a This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you 1st John is an attestation by an eye-witness of what John heard. John is bearing witness that this comes directly from God. 5b that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. So John begins the main […]
Koinonia—Fellowship with Christ and One Another
Mountain Valley Church of God - July 03, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating3 what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. These first three verses serve as the prologue of this epistle. First John is written to encourage us, as believers, […]
The Incarnate Word of Life
Mountain Valley Church of God - June 26, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAuthorship-The author of this epistle is John, the beloved Apostle, the author of the gospel of John, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd John, as well as Revelation. There is no surviving early copy of the epistle that does not attribute it to him in the title. Unanimous attribution of the early church (includi...
Be A Godly Father
Mountain Valley Church of God - June 19, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAll human fathers are imperfect. That’s why we need a Heavenly Father. To be a Godly father, we emulate our Heavenly Father. Genesis 18:19 tells us that God chose Abraham because of his fatherhood, even before he was a father to Isaac. Genesis 18:19 19 For I have chosen him, so that he may co...
Matthew 7:26-29 Don’t Build Your House on the Sand
Mountain Valley Church of God - June 12, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAnd everyone who hears these words of Mine In Luke Luke 6:46, He says everyone who comes to me. Everyone who hears or reads Jesus’ words is responsible for activing on them. Although many at least intend to act on them, not everyone does. This week we’re looking at the false Christian, the pseu...
Matthew 7:24-25: Be Wise, Build Your House on the Rock
Mountain Valley Church of God - June 05, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJesus has finished His foundational instructions to His disciples, and to us, about what it means to be a true follower of Jesus. Jesus, the Word from the Beginning, is our foundation, the rock on which our life, our house is built, and His teachings tell us what it means to be His disciple. If...
Is Jesus Truly the Lord of Your Life?
Mountain Valley Church of God - May 29, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLord—Kurios–“one who is in charge by virtue of possession”, the owner, a persion in a position of authority exercising absolute ownership rights as Lord. There is a difference between paying lip-service to Jesus as Lord, and actually making Him Lord of your life “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘L...
The Tree and the Fruit: Part 2
Mountain Valley Church of God - May 22, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGrapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles, are they? Grapes and figs are good fruit. In the Old Testament, the nation of Israel is symbolized as a fig tree. We see Israel represented as a fig tree (in Hosea 9:10 and in Jeremiah 24), or a fig tree that bears no […]
The Tree and the Fruit: Part 1
Mountain Valley Church of God - May 15, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFalse prophets are defined as those who, claim for themselves the capacity to define for others the will of God, but represent in their practice and teaching a false understanding of the will of God, specifically an understanding that is not in accord with scripture. Jesus is warning us of wolve...
Motherhood is hard
Mountain Valley Church of God - May 08, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEven from the beginning, God said being a mother would not be easy (Gen 3:16). Motherhood of course it’s wonderful in so many ways. There’s a special bond between mothers and their children that is often the deepest bond with another human being that we have. The Bible is filled with examples o...
Matthew 7:15 Beware of False Prophets
Mountain Valley Church of God - May 01, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. We’re talking about false prophets today, and the best way to spot a counterfeit is to know what the genuine article looks like. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches the true meaning of ...
Matthew 7:13-14 Jesus, the One Way to Life
Mountain Valley Church of God - April 24, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEnter through the narrow gate The first question that we have to ask about this verse is Enter Where? Jesus is teaching about the Way to Eternal life. Long before being a Christ-follower was called Christianity, it was first called simply The Way. We are not only Christ followers, but we are i...
He is Risen: Matthew 28:1-8
Mountain Valley Church of God - April 17, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating28 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. The Gospel of Matthew presents the Resurrection of Jesus as the culmination of Jesus’ mission as the Messiah. As followers of Jesus, it’s important for us to understand t...
Matthew 7:12 The Golden Rule
Mountain Valley Church of God - April 10, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTherefore When we put the Golden rule in the context of the theme of judging others only with righteous judgement, this summary statement becomes clear. In everything We all know what it’s like to read Jesus’ words “Love your neighbor as yourself” and say to ourselves ‘Yes, I agree, how wonderfu...
God Gives Good Gifts
Mountain Valley Church of God - March 27, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe talked last week about asking and seeking and knocking and that it’s the very act of giving our lives over more and more to God that causes us to be quick to hear the Holy Spirit’s direction, and to obey what He has to say. Jeremiah 29:11 11 For I know the plans that […]
Matthew 7:7-8 Ask Him, Seek Him and Keep Knocking.
Mountain Valley Church of God - March 20, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFirst Jesus cautioned us against judging in the flesh with it’s biases in not being able to see the truth because of our own prejudice and in hypocrisy. Then Jesus tells us that we can’t refuse to make discerning judgement. Jesus gave us the responsibility to judge righteously and with grace. ...
Don’t Throw Pearls Before Swine
Mountain Valley Church of God - March 13, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating6 “Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. The general tendency of human nature, according to the flesh is going to be try to set ourselves above others as a critic, […]
First See Clearly, Then Help Others See
Mountain Valley Church of God - March 06, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMatthew 7:3-4 Being discerning does not directly lead to being a ‘judge’ in the sense of being condemning. The person who is practicing the kind of judgement that Jesus is warning against is the fault-finder, the sin-sniffer, the self-appointed fruit inspector who is negative and destructive tow...
Matthew 7:1-2 Do Not Judge
Mountain Valley Church of God - February 27, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHow many times have you heard someone ________: “The Bible says don’t judge”? There is a call by the world today to be ________________ of any evil that the world can come up with, to bow before any god that the world will put up. Jesus says in Matthew 7:1, “Do Not Judge”. So, where […]
Do Not Worry About Tomorrow
Mountain Valley Church of God - February 20, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, Some people are tempted to be overcome and _________________ by their worldly possessions in the sense of wanting to hoard them and store them up, amassing them as security against some future calamity. Others spend their lives concerned about them in th...
Seek First His Kingdom
Mountain Valley Church of God - February 13, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Seek Jesus is states this as a command “You all seek now first the Kingdom of God”. This word for seek means to search for, to pursue, to endeavor to __________ and find by any means. We […]
God Understands our Needs and Will Provide – Matthew 6:30-32
Mountain Valley Church of God - February 06, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFlowers only bloom for a little while, and then their beauty fades. They are ______________. People of Jesus’ day would heat their ____________ with grass when wood was in short supply. So, grass could indeed be blooming today, and tomorrow _____________ into the furnace. For all their beauty...
Matthew 6:29-30 Don’t Worry, Grow Instead
Mountain Valley Church of God - January 30, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating28 And why are you worried about clothing? We talked a couple of weeks ago about the fact that neither clothes nor the present extremes of climate that we experience in the world were originally part of God’s design. We need to remember why we’re wearing clothes in the first place—because of sin...
Don’t Worry Your Life Away – Matt 6:26-27
Mountain Valley Church of God - January 23, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating26 Look at the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather crops into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more important than they? Jesus illustrates that anxiety is __________ because it represents a failure to trust God as provider. Jesus asks us t...
Matthew 6:25-26: Don’t be Anxious; God Will Provide
Mountain Valley Church of God - January 16, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating25 “For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing? For this reason Since being greedy for gain is ________________ in disc...
Spiritual Inventory Part III—Relationships
Mountain Valley Church of God - January 09, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGod came up with the idea of relationships when He decided to create man and have fellowship with Him in the Garden. Half-hearted allegiance to the _________ of Christ not only robs Jesus of the honor and glory due to Him, but also robs us of the joy and fulfillment and purpose for which He […]
Spiritual Inventory 2 – Relationship with God
Mountain Valley Church of God - January 02, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we’re picking up where we left off in talking about taking a _____________ end of the year inventory. What does it mean to ________with the Lord in relationship with Him? We’re Created to be in Relationship with God See Gen 2:8-9; 15. Gen 2:31 And God saw all that He had made, and […]
Year-End Inventory, Part 1
Mountain Valley Church of God - December 26, 2021 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAt the end of the year, business owners are busy taking an end of the year ________________. First, it means taking a look at the inventory count. Next, an _________________ is made of any inventory discrepancies. Then, a _____________ is made to see if the discrepancy is in the spreadsheets o...
Luke 2:1-7: Jesus Born in Bethlehem, and in our Hearts
Mountain Valley Church of God - December 19, 2021 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating2 Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. 2This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. Caesar Augustus had brought the Roman Republic so much under his _____________, that finally he had transformed it...
Luke 2 vs 8-14: Joy to the World
Mountain Valley Church of God - December 12, 2021 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating8 In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock at night. David had fed his sheep in those same fields around Bethlehem, and today, 3,000 years later, there are still shepherds feeding ___________ in those fields. Shepherds typically ke...
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