Welcome To THE NUGGET Floating in the Spiritual Pickle Jar By: Paul Smyth ----------------------------------------------- May 6, 2025 As you may have experienced in life, being a believer in Jesus Christ does not always mean a vase filled with vibrant red roses or luminous beams of sunshine cascading through a royal-blue sky. Perhaps you’ll nod your head in agreement, but there are days when I feel very close to my Hea ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Consequences of Hesitation: The Time Before the Kings, Part 5 By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- May 3, 2025 Last week, in The Time Before the Kings, Part 4, we saw that God is the God of the unconventional, and when we only look for conventional answers to our problems, we limit the Almighty God! The next recorded story in the book of J ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Recognize Your God-Given Gifts By: Alice Burnett ----------------------------------------------- May 1, 2025 It took me many years to recognize my gifting. Neither my parents nor I had acknowledged the signs of “teacher” in my childhood. Looking back, I see that these signs had their beginnings when I was four, after I begged to attend pre-school. I loved school, but I was disappointed that we did ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Courage By: Kari Vo ----------------------------------------------- April 29, 2025 "And as [Peter and John] were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Oxgoad: The Time Before the Kings, Part 4 By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- April 26, 2025 Two weeks ago, in The Time Before the Kings, Part 3, we saw that for the battle between good and evil, we have been given a "sword", the Word of God, containing everything that we need to fight the lies of the enemy. Our job is to use it! ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET How to Prepare for the End Times By: Janet Eckles ----------------------------------------------- April 24, 2025 Was the recent eclipse of the sun (of April 2024) overrated? Some say it was. Others identified it as another sign that the end times are closer than ever. Either way, if we focus on each sign, we lose sight of what truly matters. We miss the preparation of our soul for the return of Je ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET It's Time to Talk By: Kenn Stright ----------------------------------------------- April 22, 2025 "But ask the animals, and they will teach you,     the birds of the air, and they will tell you; ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you,     and the fish of the sea will declare to you. ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Whatever Things Are True and Lovely By: Lyn Chaffart ---------------------------- April 19, 2025 I've noticed a pattern lately. On the days that have been set aside for us to spend time meditating on God's precious gifts to us -- holidays, Sundays, etc. -- my mind goes everywhere but to God. And the more I try to meditate on Jesus and His incredible gifts, the more & ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Will By: Lynne Phipps ----------------------------------------------- April 17, 2025 "It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, 'Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.' When he had said this, he breathed his last." (Lu ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Qualified By: Kari Vo ----------------------------------------------- April 15, 2025 "I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the s ...Continue Reading