Welcome to the Nugget December 8, 2018 Should we Celebrate Christ's Birth? Jesus' Birthday: A Call for Celebration, Part 1 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    The Christmas season is well upon us, and along with it, its habitual flavours of commercialism, materialism, and yes, paganism. In fact, although Christmas is supposed to be the celebration of the greatest birth ever, it is pretty difficult to even find Christ in Christmas anymore. In recent years, we've b ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget December 6, 2018 Today's Christmas ©Copyright 2011 Answers2Prayer | Matt 10:8 "Freely you have received, freely give." ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget December 4, 2018 No Good Deed By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    "For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers, as you still do." (Heb. 6:10 NLT) Someone online sold my mailing address so now instead of just getting letters from the few charities I can afford to support, I am also getting letters from a dozen other charities asking f ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget December 1, 2018 Christmas Peace By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    The season known in North America for being one of the most stressful times of the year is upon us: Christmas! In the rehab hospital where I worked, we would always get a spike in numbers of stroke survivors following Christmas. In addition, more people fall and break bones around Christmas time, more people have heart attacks, and it is becoming uncommon to meet someone who ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget November 29, 2018 Help! My Life is WAY too Busy! By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    Have you asked a friend lately, "How are you?" Their answer is usually something like "Busy; I'm so, so busy." That might be your answer, too. I know mine could be as well. We're all ridiculously busy. Strange though, a group of quails taught me just how crazy that is. A lovely piano tune echoed through the house where I stayed during a ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget November 27, 2018 Come up to Higher Ground By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30) Often, as I gaze out the kitchen window in the mornings, there is a bird, usually a dove, perched on ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget Novembe 24, 2018 The Source of Joy... Lessons From the Psalms, Part 3: Ps. 16, 34, 43, 92, 94 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    Today's lesson from the Psalms comes from a variety of different Psalms. In fact, the reference to the source of joy is so prevalent that you begin to see this emerging as a theme of the entire book. Before we look at this true source of joy, however, let's consider that this world is void of joy. Oh, we all have jo ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget November 22, 2018 Young Where it Counts By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us "Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus." (1 Thess. 5:18 NLT) "And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise." (Phil. 4:8 NLT) Beep! Beep! Beep ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget November 20, 2018 Waiting on God By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    Are you waiting on the Lord? Perhaps you've been praying feverishly amidst a troubling circumstance in your life, and so far God has remained silent. Maybe through a volley of tears with arms lifted high, you've asked in faith for God to provide physical healing, a new job; restoration to your marriage or financial provisions to see you through another day. Whatever your sit ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget November 17, 2018 Stand...Prepared! Lessons From Cape Breton, Part 1 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    In the fall of 2017, my husband and I made an unforgettable trip to Cape Breton, a beautiful island at the northern tip of the Canadian eastern-seaboard province of Nova Scotia. This 3-week trip was inspirational in many ways, and some of the lessons we learned will be outlined in this series that will be appearing sporadically through the ...Continue Reading