Welcome To THE NUGGET Cursing the Fig Revisited, Part 2 By: Ronnie Naidoo --------------------------------- August 31, 2024 We revisit the story of the fig tree and look at the second lesson that surfaced in my reading of the key scriptures: " When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. Then he said to the tree, 'May no one ever eat fruit from you again.' And his discip ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Cursing the Fig, Revisited: Part 1 By: Ronnie Naidoo --------------------------------- August 29, 2024 Fruit trees, growing along roads and fields have over the centuries provided food for passers-by, on their journeys. Yesterday it was the fig tree and today it is perhaps guava, mango or other fruit trees satisfying the hungry. I recently read that, “A strange thing ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Being a Godly Leader By: Paul Smyth --------------------------------- August 27, 2024 When I was a young boy, I viewed my father as a superhero. He could fix things, drive a car, and fly an airplane. He taught me how to fish and paddle a canoe, and most importantly as I reflect upon my 62 years on planet earth, he showed me how to live a life of faith in Jesus Christ—to be a Godly leader to the be ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Meditating on God's Mysterious Ways and Perfect Timing By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- August 24, 2024 Do you ever sit and contemplate God's ways? What about His timing? And what about a combination of these two? It is, of course, an effort in futility, if your goal is to understand God, for God's ways are far bigger than anything our human minds c ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Loving Non-Christians By: Kari Vo --------------------------------- August 22, 2024 "I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. They are Israelit ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Showing Us That We Are Loved By: Joseph Mazzella --------------------------------- August 20, 2024 It was late July and except for a few fluffy, white clouds the sky was a brilliant blue. The sun was shining on the green grass giving it a golden hue. Birds were busy flying to and from their nests feeding their rapidly growing babies. The air was full of the smell of fresh cut grass and the scent o ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Offer the Other Cheek Also By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- August 17, 2024 I'm pretty sure most of us have, at one time or another, found ourselves in the position where we identify how we feel, we don't like it, but we are completely powerless to change those feelings. I know. I find myself here quite often. It's like some part of me wants to hold on, needs to feel this way. ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Resting in the Lord By: Paul Smyth --------------------------------- August 15, 2024 OK, full disclosure. Resting in the Lord is not always easy for me. Resting in the Lord posses an even greater challenge when all around, an exhausting mix of hurry—flurry—scurry, occupies my life. And, notwithstanding the devil always trying to derail me from spending time with God, finding any measure of rest ca ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Tiny Ones August 14, 2024 If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it will obey you. ~ Matthew 17:6 NIV ~ “He replied, ‘If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it will obey you.’” (Matthew 17:6 NIV) ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Communicating By: Vincent Walters --------------------------------- August 13, 2024 "And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth." (1 Samuel 3:10 KJV) We spend much of life communicating with others. To do so usually requires two willing participants. Often, it requires spo ...Continue Reading