Welcome To THE NUGGET Lenten Devotionals: Curtain! By: Kari Vo ------------------------------ April 16, 2022 "And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed His last. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom." (Mark 15:37-38 ESV) Curtains are for hiding things. They cover up windows when we don't want people to look in, or block hospital beds when people are ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Lenten Devotionals: No Passerby! By: Kari Vo ---------------------------------- April 14, 2022 This easter season, we will be looking at some snapshots of Jesus' life during the week that led up to the cross:   "And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry His cross. And ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Lenten Devotionals: Power! April 12, 2022 This easter season, we will be looking at some snapshots of Jesus' life during the week that led up to the cross:   "And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came ... and said, 'You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.' But he denied it ... And he went out into the gateway and the rooster crowed. An ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Receiving God's Promises ... Bit by Bit! By: Lyn Chaffart ------------------------------ April 9, 2022 Has God given you a promised, but now, months, even years later, things only see worse? I can sure relate. He gave us a promise two years ago. Since that time, things have only gotten worse... This has often been a puzzle to me. After ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Waiting Under His Wings By: Karen Milam ----------------------------- April 7, 2022 "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." (2 Corinthians 4:8-9 KJV) A most difficult thing for me to deeply comprehend is that a loving God allows troubles into my li ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Insults By: Kari Vo April 5, 2022 "But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of Him and came and fell down at His feet. Now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged Him to cast the demon out of her daughter. And He said to her, 'Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.' But she answered ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Yet Another Reason to Forgive... By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------- April 2, 2022 Forgiveness. It's required of God: "Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you." (Eph. 4:32 NLT) Vengeance is God's prerogative, not ours: "Dear friends, never ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Do Your Prayers Hit the Ceiling? By: Ron Clarke ---------------------------------- March 31, 2022 "God bestows many things on us out of his liberality, even without our asking for them. But that he wishes to bestow certain things on us at our asking is for the sake of our good, that we may acquire confidence in having recourse to God, and that we may recognize in him the Author of our goods.& ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Darkness By: Kari Vo -------------------------------- March 29, 2022 "Herod on his birthday gave a banquet ... when Herodias's daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. And the king said to the girl ... "Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom." ... And she said, "The head of John the Baptist." ... And immediately the king sent a ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET They Will Get up Again... By: Lyn Chaffart ---------------------------- March 26, 2022 Troubles never seem to come in ones, do they? If only we only had to focus on one bad thing at a time, wouldn't it all seem so much simpler? But they don't. Take January, 2021, for example. Wasn't it enough that my mom died? Why did our province have ...Continue Reading