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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.

Things Aren’t As We Think

PSALM 94:18-19 – When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul. THEME OF THE DAY. THINGS AREN’T AS WE THINK. I love the illustration King Solomon made in Proverbs 22 and repeated in Proverbs 26. He writes, “The sluggard says, ‘There is a…

The Mary-Like Christian

LUKE 1:26-38 – In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” But she was…

God’s School Of Discipleship

PSALM 119:67, 71 – Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I keep your word. 71 It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes. THEME OF THE DAY. GOD’S SCHOOL OF DISCIPLESHIP. We are probably familiar with these words from the prophet Isaiah – For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are…

The Deep Wells Of Gospel Truth

HEBREWS 8:10-12 – For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor and each one his…

The Selfless Life

LUKE 22:31-34 – “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” Peter said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.” Jesus said, “I tell you,…

Two Places Of Focus For Spiritual Growth

REVELATION 7:9-12 – After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne,…