Welcome to the Nugget March 12, 2020 Wind-Bent Trees By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    I don't know for sure why the tops of all the trees in the Northern-most corner of the island of Guadeloupe are all pointing west. I am sure, however, that somehow or another, it is related to wind. Maybe this happened as a result of the last hurricane to strike the island paradise; or maybe the prevailing winds in this area blow from east to west. I truly don't know, and thoug ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget March 10, 2020 Finding a Way out of my Storm By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    During a recent trip, I held the arm of the flight attendant guiding me to my seat inside the airplane. "Here's your seat, Mrs. Eckles," she said. Not the bulkhead seat! After I settled in, I realized that, ugh! I was in the "bulkhead" seat. That meant there was no seat in front of me and no place to stuff my bag. "I'll take your bag an ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget March 7, 2020 Centrality of the Cross, Part 5 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    Dear Friends, in the concluding part of our series titled "Centrality of the Cross", today let's focus on two "Trees" in human history... Cause and Counter... First things first! For the uninitiated, let me unravel the full meaning of the phrase, "turning the tables"... The Oxford dictionary sums it up as reversing one's position ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget March 5, 2020 Centrality of the Cross, Part 4 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    Dear Friends, in the penultimate part of our series titled "Centrality of the Cross", today we focus on yet another subject which substantiates the fact as to how Cross was central to God's redemptive plan... Of Cloth and Cleric... Now our Saviour is a glorified high priest, as at His matchless royal name: "...every knee should bow, in heaven and ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget March 3, 2020 Centrality of the Cross, Part 3 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    Dear Friends in our series titled "Centrality of the Cross", today we cast our spotlight on other related subject which underscores the significance of the Cross in God's redemption plan... Condition and Conduct... The penalty of the Cross, which requires that the condemned's "hands and legs be fastened by the nails to it", also in a way por ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget February 29, 2020 Centrality of the Cross, Part 2 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    Dear Friends, in our series titled "Centrality of the Cross", we focus on yet another subject which substantiates the fact as to how Cross was central to God's redemptive plan... Of City and Clock... Where else could God's Pascal Lamb (see 1 Cor 5:7) die other than in God's home, Jerusalem (See Psalm 132:13-14; and what other time could He die o ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget February 27, 2020 Centrality of the Cross, Part 1 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    "Jab tak rahega , Samosae mein Allu, tab thak rahega Bihar mein Lallu," (till potato remains in the Samosa, till then Lallu will remain in Bihar...an apt rustic translation befitting the person...) shouted the angry supporters of Lallu Prasad Yadav, the Chief of Rashtriya Janata Dal party and Ex-Chief Minister of Bihar State (the second largest in I ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget February 25, 2020 Are you a People Pleaser? By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    Last week I sat across the examining bed where my 90-year-old Mom waited for the doctor. After a complete check-up, the nurse came in with a device to measure her eye pressure. A simple procedure that took seconds, but the results nearly knocked me off my chair. "Hmmm," the nurse said, "the pressure in one eye is 54." Fifty-four? The normal r ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget February 22, 2020 Life-Giving Stream By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    While I was taking a walk in the park, I noticed a pair of swans just over the fence. They were drinking water from a stream which flowed down from the hills above the town. The water was fresh and clean. The swans had been swimming around in the sea which is salt water and contaminated with all sorts of rubbish of plastic containers etc. The swans had the sense to leave ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget February 20, 2020 Walk the Road By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." (Rom. 8:28 NIV) I had the strangest dream last night. I was walking down a dirt road with snowy woods on either side of me. I was all alone. The road seemed to go on forever. I couldn’t see another person anywhere. All at once, however, I saw ...Continue Reading