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.
In a culture where everyone has a opinion, voices an opinion, often unfiltered, and heated verbal engagements occur across all relational spectrums, this quote, though not inspired or spoken from a Christian, has Biblical substance.
The times we find ourselves living in are difficult and getting more so, just as the Apostle Paul declares. They are also purging times in Jesus’ church.
PSALM 99:1 – The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake.” The list of what is unfolding in our world causing many hearts to fail and fears to rise is long. I won’t take up the time and space to make such a list. We know them. We feel them. We hear them.…
PSALM 31:15 – My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors.” It is one of the famous quotes of all times. It comes from Charles Dickens and his book A Tale of Two Cities. More often than not, only the first part is quoted–“It was the best of times, it was the…
PSALM 39:4 – O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am.” He was a dear brother, friend, and deacon in my church and a glowing example of a godly family member to his physical family and church family. He was so loved and he so loved. His reputation…
PSALM 63:1-4 – O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.…