The pastoral team of Valley Fellowship shares worship, Biblical teaching, and announcements targeted for Sunday morning, March 29, 2020. Pastor Carol Simon encourages us from the Book of Psalms. Kimberlyn Simon, the Worship Director of Oral Roberts University, leads a time of worship. Pastor Patti Simon reveals “The Blessing of the Land of Goshen”. Stay tuned at the end for annoucements.
Virus precautions separate us physically, but we can still encourage one another. Watch the short word from Pastor Greg Simon and Pastor Carol Simon.
Rational minds can have a hard time understanding many things. Because I live in a body and my earthly experience is so grounded in time and space, many concepts are difficult to understand. But . . . I want to understand.
I really want to understand. Sometimes, I just don’t get it! I wish I understood how God knows everything I have done and will ever do. I can’t completely understand eternity or heaven. Creation is a huge subject. God’s speaks – boom! – life is created, but none of us were alive to witness it. I have studied the subject deeply but still wrestle with the tension between God’s sovereignty and my own free choice. Why the cross; why was Roman capital punishment the method preselected for Christ’s death? Why are some people instantly healed and others struggle with seemingly life-long pains? I want God to tell me why some of the most righteous people I have known died much earlier than I would have liked. I think many people at times struggle with that “betrayal barrier” – feeling as if God has somehow not done what we thought He should do. Continue reading “Lord, I don’t get it!”
Our loving Heavenly Father is NOT pacing, wringing His hands, wondering what to do next. God is great and God is good; we triumph in the end, but waiting isn’t easy. Click the link below to hear a short encouraging message from Pastor Greg Simon.
Are you ready to open the door to joy? God designed us for His joy and has promised an inner supply of joy by His Spirit. God fills us with joy that is separate from any circumstance. Even in the middle of bad news, painful relationships, or unstable economics, we can have God’s joy strengthening our actual lives.