Welcome To THE NUGGET What's With All That Blood? What's in YOUR Sacrifice? Part 7 By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------- November 25, 2021 Our study continued last Tuesday with a look at the significance of the grain offerings covered with oil, and we saw that whatever it is we are giving as our offering to the Lord, we need to acknowledge our total dependency upon Him. We need to receive the anoint ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET A Bunch of Wheat Doused in Oil: What's in YOUR Sacrifice? Part 6 By: Lyn Chaffart ---------------------------------------- November 23, 2021 Last Saturday, in What Is in YOUR Sacrifice, Part 5, we saw that for a 21st century offering to the Lord to be “with no defect”, we must confess our sins, repent, put away guilt, pride, contempt, etc., we reconcile with those who have something ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Perfect? Did You Say...Perfect? What Is in YOUR Sacrifice? Part 5 By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------------- November 20, 2021 On Thursday , in “What’s in YOUR Sacrifice? Part 4, we learned that some of our sacrifices of time, talent, resources and worship are for the Lord and Him alone. Others are to help sustain the work of the Lord; while we, ourselves, are encouraged to ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Muscle Man: Through the Eyes of a Child, Part 8 November 19, 2021 /Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father./ ~ John 14:12 NIV ~ Rome. It is called "wondrous" by adults. But to my 7 year-old mind, it was out of this world. ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Only Two Days? What Is in YOUR Sacrifice? Part 4 By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------------------- November 18, 2021 In our brief study on how the different laws and regulations regarding the old covenant sacrifices can be applicable to us today, we saw on Tuesday that our sacrifices must be covered by His Spirit, and that this outpouring of God’s Spirit on our sacrifices will on ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Perpetual Fire: What's in YOUR Sacrifice? Part 3 By: Lyn Chaffart -------------------------------------- November 16, 2021 On Saturday, in “What Is in YOUR Sacrifice, Part 2”, we saw that besides being completely free of “yeast” – sin, selfish ambition, legalism and pride; besides containing plenty of “salt” – reflecting Jesus and influencing the world for God’s Kingdom; we must also willingl ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Fat! What's With the Fat? What's in YOUR Sacrifice, Part 2 November 13, 2021 On Thursday we took at look at Leviticus 2 and how our offerings to the Lord must be completely free of “yeast” – sin, selfish ambition, legalism and pride; but must contain plenty of “salt” -- we are to be a reflection of Him in all that we do, for in so doing, we will influence our world for God’s Kingdom! The very ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Salt? Or Yeast? What Is in YOUR Sacrifice? Part 1 By: Lyn Chaffart -------------------------------------- November 11, 2021 In the introduction to this series, we saw that sacrifices were not only for the Old Covenant era; rather we are also expected to bring our sacrifices -- our praise and worship, our obedience and our time, talent and resources -- to the Lord. Throughout the rest of this 8 par ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Sacrifices? You Mean Those Are STILL Required? What's in YOUR Sacrifice, Intro November 9, 2021 The 5 books of Moses are chalked full of various commands regarding offerings and sacrifices. If you are anything like me, the temptation is to skip over these particular chapters. After all, they are detailed descriptions of what was to happen during the Old Covenant era. What possible relevance could it have for New Covenant Christ ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Of Vicious -- And Virtuous -- Cycles By: Suresh Manoharan --------------------------------------------- November 6, 2021 “We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us—they help us learn to be patient. And patience develops strength of character in us and helps us trust God more each time we use it until finally our hope and faith are strong ...Continue Reading