New Heart Nazarene

Big Questions Jesus Asked. pt 1: Who Do You Say that I Am?

Many have said this is perhaps the most important single question anyone will ever answer.  But the correct answer involves much more than correct doctrine. 

Cycle of Victorious Living pt 7: Summary

This summary goes through each of the four stages of the cycle and reviews the steps for living in victory over the problems and hardships of life 

Cycle of Victorious Living pt 6: Rest in the Lord

Though our culture disregards it, rest is a very big theme in the scriptures.  It's what we need, what are hearts long for, and what Jesus promises to those who follow him.

Cycle of Victorious Living pt 5 Choose Joy in Jesus

This message is part 2 of the previous sermon on Deciding to Delight in the Lord: Joy is such an important theme in Christianity, and one we really need to recover. 

Cycle of Victorious Living pt 4: Decide to Delight

After committing our problems to God, and then trusting him by doing what he guides us to do, we then can delight in knowing he has assumed full responsibility and will bring supernatural resources to dealing with the issue.

Cycle of Victorious Living pt 3: Trust in the Lord

After we commit our problem to God, we must trust him.  And that involves acting and behaving in ways that reflect our decision to commit. 

Cycle of Victorious Living pt 2: Commitment Issues

The first step in the 'Cycle' is also the entry point for each issue that comes to steal our peace and joy: we must commit it to our Father in Heaven - and we have to keep on committing.

Cycle of Victorious Living pt 1: Fret Not

In this series based on Psalm 37, we see that even before we can begin living in the victory God wants for us, we have to address the issue of stress and fretfulness

Encountering Jesus pt 8: The Sternness of Jesus

By looking closely at three different episodes in the life of Jesus, we see that the motive behind his seemingly stern treatment of others is not what we might first suspect.

Encountering Jesus pt 7: Jesus & the Woman at the Well

This story is full of unexpected turns as well as deep insights for our own relationship with Jesus.