Valley Life Church

On Sunday, January 10, 2021, Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message online via YouTube Live and Zoom. In our discussion this week, Pastor Stuart leads us in conversation from Romans 12:3-5, encouraging us to think clearly, purposefully, and in a unifying way.

Romans 12:3-5 (NIV) 
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ, we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

New Year – Renewed You

On Sunday, January 3, 2021, Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message online via YouTube Live and Zoom. In our discussion this week, Pastor Stuart leads us in conversation from Romans 12:1-2 and how we will choose to live our lives in the new year. He encourages us to make a fresh presentation of ourselves to God, to strive for a renewed way of thinking, and to discover new paths the Lord has prepared for us.

Romans 12:1-2 (NIV) 
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is —his good, pleasing, and perfect will.

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On Sunday, December 27, 2020, Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message online via YouTube Live and Zoom. In our discussion this week, Pastor Stuart leads us in an evaluation of how we live our lives this last year in light of the coronavirus and the political season we find ourselves in. This year in review evaluation utilizes Galatians 5:22-23 as a rubric to bring some self-examination, so that we can come before the Lord with what we find, inviting the Spirit’s freedom so we can walk in the fruit of the Spirit.

Galatians 5:22-23, NIV

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things, there is no law.

On Sunday, December 20, 2020, Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message online via YouTube Live and Zoom. In our discussion this week, Pastor Stuart continues our Corona Virus Christmas series by looking at Anna, who was a prophet and a widow and continually worshipped the Lord in the Temple. What we can learn from Anna’s life is that there are no insignificant people, that we can embrace transitional times and roles that we experience, and celebrate the moments the Lord puts in our lives.

Luke 2:36-38, NIV

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On Sunday, December 13, 2020, Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message online via YouTube Live and Zoom. In our discussion this week, Pastor Stuart continues our Corona Virus Christmas series by looking at Simeon and how he embraced God’s promise that he would see Israel’s salvation, that he was faithful in waiting, and how his heart rejoiced when he finally beheld Jesus. Even though we’re challenged with how 2020 has unfolded, we can follow Simeon’s example and behold Jesus this Christmas.

Luke 2:25-25, NIV

A Corona Virus Christmas: The Journey to Worship Jesus

On Sunday, December 6, 2020, Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message online via YouTube Live and Zoom. In our discussion this week, Pastor Stuart continues our Corona Virus Christmas series by encouraging us to dedicate ourselves to worshipping Jesus. While on this journey to worship Jesus we will pass through centers of power, just like the wise men did when they came to worship him. Every journey needs follow through. Pastor Stuart encourages us to commit ourselves to the practices that bring us closer to Jesus and that shows God’s love to one another.

Matthew 2:1-12, NIV

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On Sunday, November 29, 2020, Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message online via YouTube Live and Zoom. In our discussion this week, Pastor Stuart reminds us of the backstory of the arrival of Jesus to his earthly parents, Joseph and Mary. The encouragement for us this Christmas is to embrace the Lord’s assignment, keep our focus on what we can control, and to fulfill our role in God’s purposes.

Matthew 1:18-25 (NIV)

On Sunday, November 22, 2020, Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message online via YouTube Live and Zoom. In our discussion this week, Pastor Stuart encourages us to cultivate a heart of gratitude by actively reflecting on the people in your life, praying for them, and putting our trust in what only God can do in our lives.

Philippians 1:3-7 (NIV)

I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me.

On Sunday, November 15, 2020, Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message with our in-person congregation and our online members via Zoom. In our discussion this week, Pastor Stuart encourages us to find hope in the phrase “yet not,” encouragement in the body of Christ, and gratitude for the life that God continues to provide for us.

2 Corinthians 4:7-12 (NIV)

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

On Sunday, November 8, 2020, Pastor Stuart Nice shared a message with our in-person congregation and our online members via Zoom. In our discussion this week, Pastor Stuart encourages us to recommit to the mission of loving one another and the world through serving.

Ephesians 3:14-21