Welcome To THE NUGGET Hiding From Judgment By: Kari Vo ---------------------------- November 21, 2024 "Be silent before the Lord GOD! For the day of the LORD is near ... At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, 'The LORD will not do good, nor will He do ill.' ... The great day of the LORD is near, near and hastening fast; the soun ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Hay Barn By: Lynne Phipps ---------------------------- November 19, 2024 "How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.  I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you." (Psalm 119:9-11 NIV) When we moved in the Spring, one of our ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET But Deliver Us From Evil: The Perfect Prayer, Part 9 By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- November 16, 2024 Last Saturday, in The Perfect Prayer, Part 8, we saw that in order to overcome temptation, we first need to acknowledge that we cannot overcome temptation on our own; we need to recognize that it is God only who can keep us out of temptation; and we need to put our trust in His ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Robo-Vac November 15, 2024 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. ~ 1 John 1:9 NIV ~ Keeping the floors clean can be a challenge. Twice a year we have to deal with two-plus months of dog hair on the floor as our pooch sheds out her summer or winter coat. In the late fall, right through to the early spri ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Prepared for the Long Haul By: Kari Vo ---------------------------- November 14, 2024 "Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they al ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET What Is the Purpose of My Life? By: Janet Eckles ---------------------------- November 12, 2024 How do we find meaning, purpose and significance in the midst of the atrocities going on: wars, earthquakes, floods, violence and more. We watch it all in the news and wonder if we’ll be next, how we can protect ourselves, and who will defend us. David had those same quest ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Do Not Lead Us Into Temptation: The Perfect Prayer, Part 8 By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- November 9, 2024 Last Saturday, in The Perfect Prayer, Part 7, we saw that in order to maintain our relationship with God, to save our hearts, minds and souls from the poisonous darts of unresolved anger, and to avoid being hypocritical, we must forgive others when they have hurt us. We mu ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Blessing of Obedience By: Alice Burnett --------------------------------- November 7, 2024 Remembrance Day in Canada is November 11 “What Remembrance Day Means to Me”. Have any of you written a high school essay that begins this way? My husband's efforts to do so won him a prize. We no longer have the essay, but Terry told me what he had written. His Uncle Allen fought with the ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET When God's Way Makes -- NO Sense! By: Paul Smyth ---------------------------- November 5, 2024 Are you in the middle of a situation or life experience that is woefully unpleasant? Are you up to your neck in a trial that seems entirely illogical? Do you struggle with trying to understand God’s plan and wonder when the gooey mud on your shoes will finally wash off and the path ahead will be paved an ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET ...As We Forgive Our Debtors: The Perfect Prayer, Part 7 By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- November 2, 2024 Last Saturday, in The Perfect Prayer, Part 6, we saw that we must come to the place where we ask God to reveal our sins to us, so that we can confess them, renounce them and repent of them. Anyone familiar with the Lord’s Prayer knows that “For ...Continue Reading