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Daily Nugget

Hebrews 4:12 – For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

The Daily Nugget is a weekday devotional written by Pastor Jim Sole. We hope you find encouragement, guidance, and conviction unto holiness through the scriptures and commentary.

Living in Two Worlds

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 – So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the…

One Thing is Needed, Asked For, and Sought

PHILIPPIANS 3:10 –  that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.” Did the theme of the day immediately cause you to pause and ponder what this one thing is?  Well, let’s not just list or define it.  We will define it through specific illustrations from God’s Word establishing…

The Anchor of Our Soul

JEREMIAH 31:3 – The LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.”   In the journey called “life”, we are going to sail through many storms.  We may borrow a word from the Apostle Paul to describe them.  It is a word he used to encourage the…

The Whole of the Christian Life: Inside and Out

PSALM 19:14 – Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.” Today’s scripture paints a portrait of the whole of Christianity.  David points to his tongue as the instrument which rings forth the outward profession of allegiance to the Lord.  He would also look inside of…

Living A Watchful Life

MATTHEW 26:36-41 –  Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.  Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and…