Welcome To THE NUGGET Meditating on God's Mysterious Ways and Perfect Timing By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- August 24, 2024 Do you ever sit and contemplate God's ways? What about His timing? And what about a combination of these two? It is, of course, an effort in futility, if your goal is to understand God, for God's ways are far bigger than anything our human minds c ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Loving Non-Christians By: Kari Vo --------------------------------- August 22, 2024 "I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. They are Israelit ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Showing Us That We Are Loved By: Joseph Mazzella --------------------------------- August 20, 2024 It was late July and except for a few fluffy, white clouds the sky was a brilliant blue. The sun was shining on the green grass giving it a golden hue. Birds were busy flying to and from their nests feeding their rapidly growing babies. The air was full of the smell of fresh cut grass and the scent o ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Offer the Other Cheek Also By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- August 17, 2024 I'm pretty sure most of us have, at one time or another, found ourselves in the position where we identify how we feel, we don't like it, but we are completely powerless to change those feelings. I know. I find myself here quite often. It's like some part of me wants to hold on, needs to feel this way. ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Resting in the Lord By: Paul Smyth --------------------------------- August 15, 2024 OK, full disclosure. Resting in the Lord is not always easy for me. Resting in the Lord posses an even greater challenge when all around, an exhausting mix of hurry—flurry—scurry, occupies my life. And, notwithstanding the devil always trying to derail me from spending time with God, finding any measure of rest ca ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Tiny Ones August 14, 2024 If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it will obey you. ~ Matthew 17:6 NIV ~ “He replied, ‘If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it will obey you.’” (Matthew 17:6 NIV) ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Communicating By: Vincent Walters --------------------------------- August 13, 2024 "And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth." (1 Samuel 3:10 KJV) We spend much of life communicating with others. To do so usually requires two willing participants. Often, it requires spo ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Communicating By: Vincent Walters --------------------------------- August 13, 2024 "And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth." (1 Samuel 3:10 KJV) We spend much of life communicating with others. To do so usually requires two willing participants. Often, it requires spo ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Learning to Fish By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- August 10, 2024 "Blessed be the Lord my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle" (Psalms 144:1 NKJV) Is it just me? Or have any of you notice this as well? The moment you begin to pray for something like faith -- or patience -- or any of th ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Frustrated By: Kari Vo --------------------------------- August 8, 2024 “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the Law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire t ...Continue Reading