Welcome To THE NUGGET Making Plans By: Paul Smyth ----------------------------------------------- May 23, 2024 Are you a plan maker? Is your daily schedule itemized with checklists and procedures? If so, do your accomplished tasks bear real fruit in your life, or are they simply an end to a means? In other words, do your plans ultimately prosper you and not harm you. Do they provide you with hope and a future? ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Not a Mistake By: Kathy Keller --------------------------------- May 21, 2024 “God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?” (Numbers 23:19 ESV) “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts th ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Choosing to Believe: Teacher Joseph, Part 5 By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- May 18, 2024 Last Saturday, in “Teacher Joseph, Part 4”, we saw from the story of Joseph and Potiphar’s wife that no matter what circumstances you find yourself in, even when your situation is “no win”, when you stay true to God you are opening the door for God’s favour to rest upon you. ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET He Is Listening By: Carol Geisler --------------------------------- May 16, 2024 “If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But truly God has listened; He has attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, because He has not rejected my prayer or removed His steadfast love from me!” (Psalm 66:18-20m ESV) Pay attention! Listen! Th ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Through the Meat Grinder By: Paul Smyth ----------------------------------------------- May 14, 2024 As a little boy, I remember watching my mother as she fed small chunks of beef into a portable meat grinder that she suctioned to the countertop. I can still see her turning the crank handle and out the other end would come ground beef, which she would then use for casseroles or lasagna or spaghett ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Mother: Teacher Joseph, Part 4 By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- May 11, 2024 The life of Joseph has so much to teach us… But wait. Tomorrow is Mother’s Day… What can Joseph teach us about … Mothers? Well to start off, Joseph had one! Her name was Rachel, and we do know a few things about her. We know she was very beautiful, we know she had an older ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Mother: Teacher Joseph, Part 4 By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- May 11, 2024 The life of Joseph has so much to teach us… But wait. Tomorrow is Mother’s Day… What can Joseph teach us about … Mothers? Well to start off, Joseph had one! Her name was Rachel, and we do know a few things about her. We know she was very beautiful, we know she had an older ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Impatient Horse May 8, 2024 But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength... ~ Isaiah 40:31a NIV ~ “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” (Isaiah 40:31 NIV) Frank my miniature horse has been quite impatient la ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Confessions of a Sinner and His Bi-Fold Door By: Paul Smyth ----------------------------------------------- May 8, 2024 I realize that we have never met and likely never will this side of heaven, but I feel the need to be openly transparent with you. So, here goes. Just because I write devotionals about faith in Jesus Christ, doesn’t mean that I’ve got all my spiritual ducks in a tight little row. ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Seeking God's Favour: Teacher Joseph, Part 3 By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- May 4, 2024 “The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.” (Genesis 39:2 NKJV) Last week’s lesson from Jacob’s favorite son, Joseph, pointed out the importance of humility in obtaining God’s favor ...Continue Reading