Valley Christian Assembly, Inc.

06/01/2026

Thought for the moment…

1 Peter 2:17 “Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.”

It is so easy to like nice people. It is also easy to pray for kind and generous people. It is easy to be friendly to those who genuinely care for those about them. And it is easy to stand in support of those who promote and support justice, righteousness, mercy, and truth.

Praying for these individuals, honoring these individuals, blessing and encouraging these individuals, is just so easy. But sometimes, the Bible instructs us to do that which is NOT very easy or pleasant.

At the time that Peter is writing this letter to the believers, the current Caesar in Rome, was Nero. He was NOT a nice guy. Neither was he just, moral, compassionate, righteous, or any other positive adjective or attribute. He was an all around BAD person as well as a BAD leader.

Yet, Peter admonishes the believers to honor the king. And not just the king but ALL men. It is easy to love the brotherhood most of the time, but these other folks, it can be extremely difficult to find compassion in one’s heart for such calloused, compromised, and cruel people.

The only way that we can do any of this “loving” stuff successfully, is if we follow his other admonition, which is to Honor and Love God FIRST. If your Love for God is in place, it will have a Positive impact on your entire heart and your ability to love others.

It is the Love of God in our hearts that gives us the capacity to honor our leaders, regardless of their character flaws. Nothing is going to change in the hearts of those that embrace the darkness, unless the light of Jesus Christ shines forth upon their hearts. This requires much prayer from the saints.

Paul made a similar declaration to Timothy when he said, “I exhort you therefore, that first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for ALL men, for kings and for ALL those in authority. That you might live a quiet and peaceful life with all godliness and honesty.”
(1 Timothy 2:1-2)

Raw Criticism rarely has a positive impact on anyone. Prayer on the other hand, has the potential to transform people from the inside out. This is why we are encouraged to pray, intercede, and stand in the gap for those in authority.

I believe it is the Christians duty to use their God-given rights to vote for the best people available. There are no “saints” in politics. Some may start off as “saints”, but after a while, many of them end up being “ain’ts”. This is why we have to pray.

James encouraged the believers that, “The effectual fervent prayer of the righteous avails MUCH!” (James 5:16)

Paul encourages the Thessalonians to “Pray without ceasing.”
(1 Thessalonians 5:17)

Jesus declared to His followers, “Men ought ALWAYS to pray and not to lose heart.“ (Luke 18:1)

The scripture is full of the prayers of the righteous who did not give up, turn back, or let go of the promises of God. When there were obstacle, challenges, and difficulties, the people would pray and God would move on their behalf.

We live in a divided nation. All the voices are pointing to all the problems that surround us. I cannot help, but wonder if all of the energy used to point out problems was transformed into praying for the leaders, what the outcome would be?

I often find myself praying for people I do not necessarily like or believe in, in spite of their stance for principles and policies that are unBiblical and destructive to family values. But God did not instruct his people to protest, he instructed his people to pray, to intercede, and to “Stand in the gap before Him, for the land, that He might not destroy it”. (Ezekiel 22:30)

How often do we find ourselves sitting and listening to those who point out all of the difficult issues but never stop to pray for their leaders? Are we willing to be part of the solution which involves prayer and intercession for our leaders?

Or do we simply want to stand and point fingers at the problems, throw stones at the leaders, and curse those in office because of their unrighteous acts?

We do not need another revolution in America in order to get things back on track. What we need in America is a “Transformational Revival”, a “Great Awakening”, a Tangible invasion of Holy Spirit in our nation.

This will not come while standing at the ballot box. This will ONLY come while kneeling at the cross and interceding for our leaders and our nation.

May we purpose today to join those who are willing to pray for God to move in the hearts of our leaders, and upon the hearts of our fellow citizens.

Let us endeavor today to be part of the solution by taking time to Pray MORE and criticize Less. Prayer will accomplish much more than criticism ever could. May we begin to pray more today in Jesus Name! Have a blessed day, my friend.🎚️🙏🎚️🌞🎚️

05/31/2026

God’s great desire to SAVE the lost.

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05/25/2026

Memorial Day, 2026…We Pause, we pray, we thank God for those who gave!

“All gave some…some gave ALL!”

Thank you to our Armed Forces, for loving us enough to give!!

05/25/2026

Thought for the moment…

Philemon 1:11 “Onesimus was in time past unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me.”

Everyone has a past. It is the ONE thing in our lives that we cannot change. What has taking place, choices made, deeds done, and words spoken, are locked into our historical record and many times, in the “public” record as well.

It is possible in a court of law, to have the charges and crimes committed by an individual expunged from their record. This legal process essentially treats the expunged case as if the criminal act had NEVER occurred, erasing it from the public database and standard background checks.

This is what the Blood of Jesus Christ does for all humanity, those who call upon the Name of Jesus and repent for their sins. Paul described it to the Corinthians, “If anyone be in Christ Jesus, they are a New Creation, old things are passed away, behold ALL things are becoming new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17)

Through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross at Calvary, the sins of all humanity can be “expunged“ from their eternal records. This is for anyone who is willing to embrace the redemption from the curse of the law through the Grace, Forgiveness, and Transformational Power of Jesus Christ, by Faith.

Because “God made Jesus Christ to become a sin offering for us, Who knew NO sin, we are made the Righteousness of God in Him.”
(2 Corinthians 5:21)

This is the Really Good News, regardless of our past, and even our current challenges and struggles, God is able to cleanse us from our sins, empower us to walk the narrow road in victory, and lead us by His Holy Spirit into paths of righteousness each day.

Even though some people always saw Jacob as a “deceiver”, God gave him a New Name, Israel, and made him a mighty nation. Even though King David was remembered by some as an adulator and murderer, God forgave David when he repented and made an everlasting covenant with him and his seed Forever.

Even though Peter denied Jesus three times in the Lord’s most difficult hour, God restored Peter to be a key leader of the Church, as God introduced Pentecost into the world. And though Saul of Tarsus imprisoned, tortured, and killed many Christians, God raised him up to be one of the Greatest Evangelist the world has ever known.

To many, Onesimus would always be nothing more than an “unprofitable runaway slave”. But after his transformation through a relationship with Jesus Christ, he became profitable in building God‘s kingdom and even profitable to Philemon.

We cannot change our past, but in spite of people‘s negative memories and opinions, we do not have to let the past define our present OR our future. Throughout history, God has Redeemed, broken and marred vessels, and has accomplished Great Things through them for His Names sake and for His Glory.

Let us purpose today, to not keep looking back or allowing people to remind us of who we WERE and WHAT we have done. But instead, may we ever keep our eyes fixed on Jesus Christ, the “Author and Finisher” of our faith and who He has created us to be TODAY!

God‘s plan for our lives is that we would be profitable in building His kingdom and profitable in assisting those about us who may have failed along the way, and need a helping hand.

May WE be that “helping hand” to someone today, as WE have received a “helping hand” from others along the way, I pray. Have a blessed day, my friend.🎚️🙏🎚️🌞🎚️

05/24/2026

Battles will occur… tap the screen

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05/18/2026

Thought for the moment…

2 Timothy 4:14 “Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works.”

This individual lived in Ephesus where Timothy was currently pastoring the church in that city. Alexander had been a long standing critic of Paul and his ministry, during Paul’s three year stay stay in Ephesus.

This was during the time that Paul established the church and taught on a regular basis, for two years in the School of Tyrannus, which was a lecture hall. He would rent space in this hall, teaching and dialoging with the different individuals who gathered there.

There are some that believe Alexander had once been a convert of Paul and follower of Jesus Christ, but he eventually turned away from the faith and became an adversary to Paul, his teachings, and the faith. There appears to have been an ongoing attack against Paul, which is why he warned Timothy to be aware of Alexander’s continual negative attacks on the gospel.

In Paul’s first letter to Timothy, he admonished him “Hold on to your faith, having a good conscience, which some, having turned away from the faith, are become shipwrecked.“
(1 Timothy 1:19)

Then Paul declares in the very next verse, that he had delivered Alexander and another fellow unto satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme. So it appears that he once walked in the faith on the path of righteousness, but had “forsaken the right way and gone astray having loved the wages of unrighteousness.”
(2 Peter 2:15)

In Paul’s final letter to Timothy, he once again has released Alexander and the hurtful works that he formed against Paul, and committed him to the Lord. This was the same instruction that he gave to the Romans. “Brethren, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath, for it is written, vengeance is MINE, I shall repay, says the Lord.“
(Romans 12:19)

So it is with us today, when we face those who have ill will towards us and intend to bring us personal harm or harm to our reputation. It is not always easy to follow these instructions, but it is always best to apply Biblical principles to every scenario in our lives.

Jesus made it very clear how we are to deal with, and respond to, those who plot against us, slander us, despise us, use and abuse us. He told his followers, “LOVE your enemies, BLESS them that curse you, do GOOD to those who hate you, and PRAY for those who use despitefully use you and persecute you that you may be a pleasing child of God.”
(Matthew 5:44 or Luke 6:27-28)

If we choose to allow anger and bitterness to fill our hearts, then it will rob us of our joy and our peace and eventually erode our love. When David stood before the Giant, who had made a bold declaration of how he was going to systematically destroy the little shepherd boy, David Boldly proclaimed, “The battle is the Lord’s!”
(1 Samuel 17:47)

It is not our battle to fight, it belongs to God, Who WILL avenge us, defend us, protect us, provide for us, and direct us. Let us commit our current challenges AND our adversaries to the Lord, Who is the Righteous Judge.

By doing this, we acknowledge God is our source and we allow the “Righteous Judge“ to handle the matter in the true, just, and righteous way. Plus, our hearts will not be tainted by bitterness and hatred.

At the end of the day, we cannot control what anyone else says or does to us. But we CAN control our responses to each situation.

Let us purpose to operate each day through the Love of Jesus Christ in all that we do and in all that we say. This is well pleasing to God, and should ever be our daily goal. Have a blessed day my friend.

05/17/2026

Why is sin so easy?

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05/10/2026

A mother’s godly wisdom…

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05/05/2026

Thought for the moment…

Galatians 3:26 “For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”

I often hear well meaning people who desire that peace would prevail in the world, make the declaration, “We are ALL the children of God.“ but this is not actually an accurate statement.

People just assume that since God is a “Father“, we must ALL be His children. It is true that God is the Creator of the universe and everything in it. It is also true, that we are ALL part of His magnificent creation.

But this is where people tend to blur the lines. Since God is the ultimate Creator and the ultimate Father, it would make perfect sense, that being part of God’s creation would automatically make us Gods children as well. But this is NOT the case.

Being a creation of God, and being a child of God are two totally different things. One, being a creation, only requires that we are born into the world. The second, being a child of God, requires that we be “Born Again”.

When Jesus had the conversation with Nicodemus that evening, He did not tell Nicodemus that if he worked harder, he would be in right relationship with God. It was not about how many sacrifices that Nicodemus performed or righteous deeds that he did. Jesus told him, “You must be “Born Again”. (John 3:7)

We are ALL born creations of God, but we must be “Born Again” to become children of God. There are benefits that children have which are not available to those outside the family. One of them is Eternal Life.

God loves ALL of His creation, especially humanity, which are made in His image. But sin separated His greatest creation, you and me, from His family back in the day.

This is why He sent Jesus, that we might ALL be reconciled and reconnected to the family of God once again. He knew that we were unable to achieve this restoration by ourselves, therefore the solution was, “God so love the world that He gave His Only Begotten Son, Jesus, that whosever believes in Him, should not perish, but have Everlasting Life.”
(John 3:16)

Restoration into the family of God was provided through the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross. But each individual must CHOOSE, whether or not they WANT to be in the family of God and to become a child of God.

Paul told the Romans, “If we confess with our mouths the Lordship of Jesus Christ, and believe in our hearts that God has raised Him from the dead, we SHALL be SAVED.”
(Romans 10:9)

This is the “adoption” process that allows us to declare, “For we have NOT received the spirit of bo***ge again to fear but we have received the Spirit of ADOPTION, whereby we may cry Abba Father.” (Romans 8:15)

The “fruit” that we produce in our lives each day will reveal whether or not we are part of God’s “family”. Jesus made this clear as He told His followers, “By their fruits you shall KNOW them.”
(Matthew 7:15)

Jesus told some of the religious leaders that their father was the devil because of the “fruit” that they exhibited. Their hearts were filled with the darkness of the devil and this was evident in their words and deeds.

May we purpose today, to live our lives in such a way, so that people can see our “family” resemblance to Jesus Christ in the words that we speak and the deeds that we do.

Let us ever endeavor to reflect the Christ-Life in our lives each day I pray, to confirm to those around us just WHOSE family we belong to. Have a blessed day my friend.🎚️🙏🎚️🌞🎚️

05/03/2026

God’s Protection is COMPLETE!

Sunday 5/3/26 “Divine Protection”