Welcome to the Nugget February 13, 2020 Share Your Story... By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    "C'mon, tell them your story," my friend nudged me. I smiled but my heart said no. How could I share my story with these two teenagers who showed up to collect for a camping trip? They had knocked at the door, hoping to get some money and be on their way. But my friend, who hosted me in her house, insisted. "Come in. Have a seat," she said to them, ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget February 11, 2020 Because of Jesus Christ's Work... By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    "It is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us." (Romans 8:33b-34 NIV) When you go to the same grocery store every week, you usually will begin to know the cashiers well. They will learn how you like your ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget February 08, 2020 Water-Skiing By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    As a kid, water-skiing was my favorite sport. There was something in the thrill of gliding over the water, jumping over the wake, taking the gentle waves in my knees... Just the thought makes me want to go out water-skiing... One memory that has never left me is the memory of being in the water, crouched around my ski with the ski tip between the two rope handles as I waited ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget February 6, 2020 Comfort in the MIDST of trials: A Testimony By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    I don't know about you, but I find personally that I am at my weakest in the MIDST of the trial. It's so hard to keep walking in faith when the natural world--and logic as well!--point in an entirely different direction. The testimony that follows is one that served to give me a little "slap" on the back of the hand, so to speak, for tend ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget February 4, 2020 Finding God's Direction for my Life By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    After I delivered a message on courage to few hundred women, I stood on stage, wireless mic in hand, and with a smile of delight I answered questions from the audience. Here's one of them: What is the most daring thing you did after you lost your sight? Hmmm...should I or shouldn't I tell them? Why not? Here it goes: A few years ago, I was in California ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget February 1, 2010 The Pearly Gates: The Pearl, Part 3 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    Last Thursday, in "The Pearl, Part 2", we saw that Jesus used the pearl, a gem that was unvalued and considered "unclean" by the people of His day, to teach us that the "pearls" we will grow out of our trials should be sought after at all cost, even to ourselves. He used this gem to teach us that we must have a heart that is o ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget January 30, 2010 What Jesus has to Say: The Pearl, Part 2 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    Last Tuesday, in The Pearl, Part 1, we saw that pearls are only formed in an oyster that has been inflicted with some type of an irritant. We also saw that pearls are symbols of wisdom, something that is to be sought after and loved like a sister (See Prov. 3:13-18, 7:4), and we came to understand that the "irritants" of life, those bad ci ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget January 28, 2020 Pearls of Wisdom: The Pearl, Part 1 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    I was thinking today about the pearl. As most of you probably already know, a pearl is developed when some kind of a foreign object, such as a grain of sand or a bit of food matter, slips between one of the outer shells of the oyster and its mantle--the protective layer that covers its organs. In order to protect itself from irritation, the oyster immedia ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget January 25, 2020 Feeling your Prayers are...Ineffective? By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    In a recent email, a friend made the statement that he often considers his own prayers to be relatively ineffectual. I have to admit that I was a tiny bit relieved to receive this email...So it isn't just my prayers that aren't answered! Yes, I can certainly relate. I've even gone so far as to beg God to show me why my prayers are not effective. Am I ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget January 23, 2020 Dirty Dishes By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    "It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God's mercy." (Romans 9:16 NIV) One of the hardest lessons I have had to learn as an adult is to rely on God's mercy instead of my own drive, desire or effort. Just a few minute ago, I was washing the dishes. The sink had been piled high with dirty plates and bowls by various members of my family who a ...Continue Reading