At Williams Creek, we see encouragement and growth as key to our spiritual life. We hope you enjoy and find hope in these “nuggets” of wisdom written by our pastor. Nuggets are typically small bits of something that have enormous value. Through his many years of Christian ministry, Bro. Billy Burchfield has collected choice morsels of Biblical truth. Some are new, some are from the past - all are designed to provide enrichment for our life. As we reflect on them, may the Lord open our hearts and minds; and may they have a positive impact on our souls.
Reading Time: < 1 minute“Living in the Power and Promise of God’s Word” God Hears Repentance and Prayer. 2 Chronicles 6:24–31, If Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and return and confess Your name, and pray and make supplication before You in this temple, 25 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel,…
Read MoreReading Time: < 1 minute“Living in the Power and Promise of God’s Word” Silencing Unbelief: Joshua 6:10, Many texts in God’s Word instruct us to “wait on God,” to stand still, to be silent before Him (Moses, Exodus. 14:13, 14; Jehoshaphat, 2 Chronicles. 20:15–17; David, Psalm. 37:7, 8). In this text, Joshua commands the children of Israel to maintain total silence as they walk…
Read MoreReading Time: < 1 minute“Living in the Power and Promise of God’s Word” Know When To Keep Silent: Joshua 6:10, “Now Joshua had commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout or make any noise with your voice, nor shall a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I say to you, ‘Shout!’ Then you shall shout.”
Read MoreReading Time: < 1 minuteIn this weeks Nugget will examine Numbers 14:6–9, The Importance of Staying in Faith; “But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes; 7 and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: ‘The land we passed through to spy out…
Read MoreReading Time: < 1 minute“Living in the Power and Promise of God’s Word” Choosing Faith: Numbers 13:30 “Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, ‘Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it’.”
Read MoreReading Time: < 1 minute“Living in the Power and Promise of God’s Word” Genesis 17:5 Promises are included in God’s Covenant. “No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.
Read MoreReading Time: < 1 minuteTodays Nugget will begin a series concerning “The Word of God.” We begin with 2 Timothy 3:16-17, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
Read MoreReading Time: < 1 minuteWHAT DOES FREEDOM REALLY MEAN? Galatians 4:7, “You are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.”
Read MoreReading Time: < 1 minuteJune 22, 2022 Nugget “I Will – If You Will” EZEKIEL 36:26–27 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put My Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be…
Read MoreReading Time: < 1 minute“Nugget From The Word” is a weekly thought from Scripture posted on this web site. Hopefully, it will challenge and encourage us to seek the good plans God has for us each day. Jeremiah 29:11 (Amplified Bible), “For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and…
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