Making Room for Jesus

In the message for Sunday, February 2, 2020, Pastor Stuart Nice shares with us some principles to help maintain and prioritize our focus on Jesus above all things. He is calling to us to simply sit at His feet and listen.

She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”  “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.

Luke 10:39-42 (NIV)

Living Joyfully in an Anxious World

In the message for Sunday, January 19, 2019, Pastor Stuart Nice shares with us some principles to discovering peacefulness and joyfulness when faced with anxiety. To know Jesus is to know joy and by bringing God intimately into our lives, we will find peace.

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

Philippians 4:6-8 (NLT)

How to Stay Anxiety Free in 2020

In the message for Sunday, January 12, 2020 Pastor Stuart Nice shares with us some principles on living an anxiety free life. When we run to God and put our trust in Him, our worries and anxieties suddenly seem insignificant. Our Heavenly Father cares for each one of us and asks us to cast our worries onto Him. 

Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your family of believers all over the world is going through the same kind of suffering you are. In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.

1 Peter 5:7-10 (NLT)

Practicing "the" Priority

In the message for Sunday, January 5, 2020 Pastor Stuart Nice shares with us the importance of putting Jesus first and prioritizing His kingdom over our own. Instead of worrying over complicated futures and possibilities, Jesus offers a simple solution to living in the present.

So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the unbelievers run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:31-34 (NIV)

How to Pursue Peace in Every Relationship: Part 2

In the message for Sunday, November 10, 2019, Pastor Stuart Nice shares with us some principles to living peaceably with those closest to us by taking a posture of humility for the purpose of restoration, reconciliation, and forgiveness.

Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.
Hebrews 12:14-15 (NIV)