David set out to build God a house. God reversed the gift and promised David a kingdom that would never end. Part of our Teach Me to Pray collection, Ps Mel Chandler opens 2 Samuel 7 and shows us how to pray the scriptures back to God, holding him to the promises he has already made. Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Vale, or find more at churchofthevale.com.

We have all said I'll pray about it when we really meant no, but prayer is not a stalling tactic. It is real time communion with a Father who is alive and listening. Ps Ryan Germain opens our Teach Me to Pray collection from Matthew 6 with four principles: posture, position, practice and participation. Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Vale, or find more at churchofthevale.com.

Most of us know the gap between what we promise and what we deliver. We feel it with people, and we feel it with God after a big Sunday fades by Monday. Rev Michael Hands takes us to John 21 where Jesus meets Peter in that exact gap, asks him three times if he loves him, and hands him back his calling. Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Vale, or find more at churchofthevale.com.

God thinks generationally. Twenty five times scripture stops to tell us who came from whom, because the call to respond to Jesus belongs to every single generation. Ps Ryan Germain closes our As For Me and My House collection from Psalm 145, where one generation commends God's works to another, and reminds us that every age in our house is seen and valued. Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Vale, or find more at churchofthevale.com.

Every house has a sound. Before a word gets spoken we can hear whether ours is a family that talks to God or just knows about him. From Joshua 24 and Luke 11, Ps Alastair Hills continues our As For Me and My House collection with the question that changes the sound of a home: will I be the one who prays first? Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Vale, or find more at churchofthevale.com.

Scripture gives us plenty of marriages and almost none of them make a good model, so where is the blueprint? Michael Anderson takes us to Ephesians 5 and Genesis 15 to show that the pattern is Jesus and the church, and that marriage was designed as a covenant, not a contract. Part of our As For Me and My House collection. Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Vale, or find more at churchofthevale.com.

We can walk into a room and know within seconds that something is off, before anyone says a word. Atmospheres do not just happen to us though, they come from us. Ps Andrew Waddell opens Proverbs 18 and asks a question worth sitting with: what atmosphere are we contributing to at work, at home, and in our church? Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Vale, or find more at churchofthevale.com.

Not all broken things carry the same weight. A cup is one thing, a promise or a relationship or a heart is another entirely. Preaching from Colossians 1, Ps James Murray makes one point and drives it home: Jesus did not come to manage our brokenness, he came to restore our wholeness in full. Come be part of a Sunday at Church of the Vale, or find more at churchofthevale.com.