Welcome To THE NUGGET A Day Spent in Appreciation By: Joe Mazzella ---------------------------- May 29, 2025 It was a day in late Spring that felt like a day in early Summer. The sun had risen in the morning and the temperatures were rising into the eighties. The sky was blue sprinkled with a few white clouds here and there. Golden sunlight was falling on the earth making the green leaves of the trees glow. Outside the ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Waiting on God Through the Storm By: Paul Smyth ----------------------------------------------- May 27, 2025 I’m not sure about you, but I really don’t like waiting for things to happen, and the older I get, the more this holds true. For example. I dislike waiting in lines or in traffic jams. I have a strong aversion to waiting for people to get back to me, and I especially don’t have the pat ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET A Lesson in Prevention: The Time Before the Kings, Part 7 By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- May 24, 2025 Last week, in “Sing a New Song: The Time Before the Kings, Part 6”, we saw that we need to record the specifics of God’s blessings and remember them, so that when future troubles come, we will understand and remember that His mercies begin anew every day, and we w ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Promises By: Kari Vo ----------------------------------------------- May 22, 2025 "I write these things to you who believe in the Name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the request ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Resurgence By: Lynne Phipps ----------------------------------------------- May 20, 2025 "In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold." (Ephesians 4:26-27 NIV) In 2023 wildfires burned out of control in parts of northern British Columbia, Canada. One such fire near the town of Fort ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Sing a New Song: The Time Before the Kings, Part 6 By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- May 17, 2025 Last week, in the Consequences of Hesitation: The Time Before the Kings, Part 5, we saw that whatever God calls you to do, you can trust Him to empower you to success. Don't hesitate. Just ... GO! Today's lesson takes us to Chapter 5 of the ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Cons ... and Pros! Of Sacrifice By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- May 15, 2025 The story of Samuel. We are all familiar with his miraculous birth. His mother, Hannah, was barren, and she wanted a child so badly that she was even willing to give him up for the Lord's service, as long as it meant that her shame of being barren would be removed. ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Delighted By: Carol Geisler ----------------------------------------------- May 13, 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." (Psalm 1:1-2 ESV) It is easy to imagine a child's d ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Rocking Chair By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- May 10, 2025 Being a mom is a beautiful thing, but it comes with many down-sides as well. To begin with, pregnancy isn't for the faint of heart! Besides the discomfort, the trouble sleeping, the weight gain and the fact that none of your clothes fit, there is the fear of miscarriage, t ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Talking About a Fall By: Kari Vo ----------------------------------------------- May 8, 2025 "In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said, 'Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. For he was numbered amon ...Continue Reading