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

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

Welcome To THE NUGGET Learning to Fish By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- August 10, 2024 "Blessed be the Lord my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle" (Psalms 144:1 NKJV) Is it just me? Or have any of you notice this as well? The moment you begin to pray for something like faith -- or patience -- or any of th ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Frustrated By: Kari Vo --------------------------------- August 8, 2024 “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the Law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire t ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Of Radical Forgiveness and Eternal Homes: Teacher Joseph, Part 16 -- Conclusion By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- August 17, 2024 The life of Joseph. It has so many lessons to teach us from beginning to end. Today, in the concluding part of this series, it is important to focus on the conclusion of Joseph’s own story. Two things stand out in the fina ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Sweeping the Corral By: Alice Burnett --------------------------------- August 1, 2024 Our holiday in New Denver, B.C. last summer coincided with the Vacation Bible School at the little church we used to attend in that tiny village. Terry spent time golfing and birdwatching with his bird-expert friend. I happily volunteered to help each morning with the five-day programme at the church. ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Ace By: Lynne Phipps --------------------------------- July 30, 2024 In a recent message I heard, the speaker expounded upon the words admonish, comfort and encourage. He went on further to state the need for the Christian community to employ these three verbs more frequently through our actions, one with another; both by giving and receiving. As I contemplated w ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET God's Ways... Not Ours! Teacher Joseph, Part 15 By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- July 27, 2024 Finally united with his father, Joseph now finds himself at a sad time in his life. Jacob is ill, and Joseph begins to wonder if this might be a final good-bye to his father. Having great respect for the patriarch, Joseph brings his own two sons, Mana ...Continue Reading