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Father in heaven, who demonstrated Your love by sending Your Son to die for us and Your Spirit to live in us, I praise You for Your great wisdom that in Christ You are bringing together every tribe and language and people and nation. Your extraordinary plan to unite all mankind in Christ is being…

By Cuyahoga Valley Church
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Lord God, Revealer of divine mystery, I give You praise, as the Creator of all things, that You kept Your plan hidden in past ages. I give You thanks that Your shrouded mystery has now been revealed. You had not revealed it to previous generations, but now by Your Spirit You have revealed the mystery…

By Cuyahoga Valley Church
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O God, Father of the Lord Jesus Christ and Sender of the Holy Spirit, I praise You as the Triune God, eternally existing as Father, Son, and Spirit. You have always lived in community. You exemplify interrelationship and interconnectedness. You created mankind to live in fellowship with You and one another. Your communal nature means…

By Cuyahoga Valley Church
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With disbelief and a heavy heart, we add the name Ravi Zacharias to the list of names of Christian leaders who have fallen morally.  How tragic to have a man so well known for his intellect and persuasive handling of God’s truth in the arena of apologetics, to now be stained with sexual scandal.  It…

By Chad Allen
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O God of all mankind, You created us to enjoy Your presence. You long to be near to everyone You have made. Your desire has always been for Your people to be at home with You and for You to be at home with them. You are faithful, Lord, inviting us into fellowship with You…

By Cuyahoga Valley Church
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As we continue to focus heavily on the Gospel, especially the value of “preaching” it to ourselves, we do not want to mistakenly reduce the gospel to some sort of divine “self-help” material.  The Gospel is the power of God for salvation (Rom. 1:16) which means we can walk in the power of the Gospel…

By Cuyahoga Valley Church
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Lord God Almighty, my Heavenly Father, when you made this world, You created it to be full of light and life. Yet through willful rebellion and disdain for Your perfect gifts, men chose darkness instead of light and death instead of life.  Tragically, to my own hurt, I have continued in this pattern. Apart from…

By Cuyahoga Valley Church
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Dear Lord God, my heavenly Father, I praise You for being the Father of glory, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ. You have revealed Yourself as the Father through the Son by the Spirit. You have also revealed Your will through Your written Word. You have not hidden Yourself. You desire to be truly…

By Cuyahoga Valley Church
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by Lead Pastor Chad Allen Today is our nation’s presidential inauguration day, and thousands of Christians will affirm the need to lift up our nation in prayer in this significant moment, especially in the midst of such a disheartening and volatile political environment.  But how should we pray?  Themes will revolve around peace for our…

By Chad Allen
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Dear Lord God,  You are worthy of all my praise. You have a purpose and a plan for everything, including me. You are always at work to accomplish Your perfect will. I have always been part of the overall purpose You are working out in everything and in everyone. It is Your purpose that will…

By Cuyahoga Valley Church
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All praise, blessing, and honor belong to You, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. You are prepared to bless all who come to You through Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.  But rather than come to You, like a sheep that has gone astray, I have often chosen to…

By Cuyahoga Valley Church
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by Chad Allen, Lead Pastor Daniel answered and said: \"Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might. He changes times and seasons; He removes kings and sets up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;  - Daniel 2:20-21 These words were written,…

By Chad Allen