Welcome To THE NUGGET What Do You Mean, Too Many? The Time Before the Kings, Part 11 By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- June 21, 2025 Last week, in The Time Before the Kings, Part 10, we learned from the story of Jephthah and his daughter that you need to be careful what you vow to God! But more than this, fathers need to treat their children with love, and children (even the graying ones! ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Bearing Fruit By: Carol Geisler ----------------------------------------------- June 19, 2025 "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His Law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Praying for Others  By: Kari Vo ----------------------------------------------- June 17, 2025 "On that day, when evening had come, He [Jesus] said to them, 'Let us go across to the other side.' And leaving the crowd, they took Him with them in the boat, just as He was. And other boats were with Him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET A Cruel Father? The Time Before the Kings, Part 10 By: Lyn Chaffart ---------------------------- June 14, 2025 Last week, in “Testing God? The Time Before the Kings, Part 9”, we saw that is that it's okay to ask God for a sign. He is patient, He understands our need to be sure. However, how much happier it would make Him ... How much more blessed we would be! ... if we would believe without needin ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Gentle Pentecost By: Kari Vo ----------------------------------------------- June 12, 2025 "So Peter ... said: 'Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him. ... God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, fo ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Trust in the Lord By: Paul Smyth ----------------------------------------------- June 10, 2025 Do you have trust issues? Well, I do. When people say they’ll do one thing, and don’t follow through, I lose trust. When the weather forecast calls for sunshine and a blue sky, but I wake up and find it raining and dreary, my confidence wains. When my auto mechanic tells me it’s just a small repair, but ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Comforter By: Alice Burnett ----------------------------------------------- June 7, 2025 Lucky-the-Clothy is a long strip of green gingham fabric from the fifties, a random piece of cloth a neighbour once gave me. It got its name when my friend, Penny, and I used it to tie our legs together for a three-legged race, when we were both eleven years old. We won the race! ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Testing God? The Time Before the Kings, Part 9 By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- June 5, 2025 Last week, in “Managing False Gods: The Time Before the Kings, Part 8”, we saw that the way to tell the True God from a false god is that the One True God will NEVER let you down! Perhaps one of the most well-known parts of Gideon's story is th ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Planting Seed  By: Kari Vo ----------------------------------------------- June 3, 2025 "And He [Jesus] said, 'The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. But when the grain is ripe, at o ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Managing False Gods: The Time Before the Kings, Part 8 By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- May 31, 2025 Last week, in “A Lesson in Prevention: The Time Before the Kings, Part 7”, we saw that when troubles arise, the Lord may decide to deal with the root of the problem! The people had been warned by the prophet of God. Some, like Gideon, t ...Continue Reading