Welcome To THE NUGGET Faith in the Little Things By: Paul Smyth ----------------------------------------------- April 2, 2024 As believers in Jesus Christ, we all know that nurturing our faith is critical to maintaining a close relationship with our Heavenly Father. Without prayer and bible reading and fellowship, our faith roots can’t penetrate the soil as deeply as we’d like. When life becomes too hectic and busy and ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Of Saturday Blues and Sunday Triumph By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- March 30, 2024 “Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a long sheet of clean linen cloth. He placed it in his own new tomb, which had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance and left. Both Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting across from the tom ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Heavenly Country By: Shirley Moulton ---------------------------- March 28, 2024 Anyone who knows me well knows that I don't travel light. I go nowhere without bags of clothes, reading material, art supplies, and crafts to make. My motto is "Let your bags be heavy and your heart be light." Now, if I were to travel far to a spiritual country, what would I pack? First, I would have to ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Fear By: Kari Vo ---------------------------- March 26, 2024 "And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end will not be at once." Then He said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terror ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Positive of Pride By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------------- March 23, 2024 What comes to your mind when you think of the word, “Pride”? I don’t know about you, but most of my initial thoughts aren’t in the positive category. We’ve all been raised to believe that pride is a bad thing. Hey, the Bible even teaches this! “Pride goes before destruction, ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Inheriting the Earth By: Kari Vo ---------------------------- March 21, 2024 "Seeing the crowds, He went up on the mountain, and when He sat down, His disciples came to Him. And He opened His mouth and taught them, saying ... 'Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.'" (Matthew 5:1-2, 5 ESV) If you're like me, you've heard a lot of jokes abou ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Truly Awesome By: Sharon Lundquist ---------------------------- March 19, 2024 “The council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.” (Psalm 89:7  NIV) "Awesome," the young server responded as we gave our restaurant order. It made us wonder how our simple order could be that "awesome". Sometimes, i ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Spiritual Breakthrough March 17, 2024 The just shall live by faith. ~ Romans 1:17b NKJV ~ It is a well-known fact that Martin Luther, a former priest, is considered to be the leader of the German Reformation. In 1517, he nailed his ninety-five statements to the Castle Church doors in Wittenberg, Germany. This is an event that many of us think about every October 31st. ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Disappointing God By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------------- March 16, 2024 How do I live my life? Am I a disappointment to my parents? My husband? My kids? My … God? When I was young, I was very invested in not disappointing my parents. I knew from an early age that disappointing them meant punishment for me. ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Little Faith By: Kari Vo --------------------------------- March 14, 2024 "/The apostles said to the Lord, 'Increase our faith!' And the Lord said, /'/If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, "Be uprooted and planted in the sea," and it would obey you.'" /(Luke 17:5-6 ESV) Okay, this bugs me. The disciple ...Continue Reading