Welcome to the Nugget June 11, 2019 One Big Thank You By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    "Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus." (1 Thes. 5:18) Today I awoke to the sound of my heater kicking on, warming my home on this cold Spring morning. Today when I bent down to put a lease on my dog for his walk he nuzzled his head up against my leg to be petted. Today when I walked outside I saw the sun rising ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget June 8, 2019 Famous People By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    I discovered that there had been someone famous in my office... As a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) in an active stroke rehabilitation program, it is standard for family members to accompany their loved ones to speech therapy; and when a new stroke survivor showed up in my office with his out-of-town son, I thought nothing of it. It was only about five weeks later that I would ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget June 6, 2019 Dixie By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    "Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us." (1 John 4:11-12, NLT) On a cold, snowy day in March my cat, Dixie died. I walked into the bathroom to find her lying motionless. I stroked her head, and gently held her in my arms ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget June 1, 2019 The Home Mini, Part 2 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    Last Thursday I discribed the Google Home Mini my son gave me for an early Mother's Day. I outlined how I had initially been quite disappointed with the machine due to its lack of ability to do the things I was asking it to do. I was sorely tempted to put the thing back in its box; but I didn't. Instead, I allowed my son to set it up on the counter, and I began learning wha ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget May 28, 2019 Seven Truths to Hold onto when You Feel Attacked By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    When evil attacks, our soul wants to shrink in pain, our heart shatters and our mind fills with gloom. Unless we run to God's promises for refuge. We need His protection because often as unexpected as rain on a sunny day, adversity pours. And when it does, we're stunned at the reason why. Why us? Why now? I asked those questions years ago. When ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget May 25, 2019 The Right Kind of Praise... Lessons From the Psalms, Part 9: Psalms 100 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    In response to recent requests from subscribers, the Nugget will be featuring a devotional based on the book of Psalms once a month. We pray you will be blessed by this focus on the one book of the Bible that Jesus quoted the most. This month's Lesson from the Psalms comes from Psalm 100. But first: Interesting facts From ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget May 23, 2019 Finding Strength By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    All banks closed. too bad. Airport shut down, that's life. No water or electricity, sorry! That was our hometown in Bolivia each time a revolution exploded. Not far from us, only blocks from where we lived. Now, they are but ugly memories from the past. But recently, my good friend was in the middle of a similar political unrest. Her mission trip ended. Airports closed. Electri ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget May 21, 2019 The Light in His Eyes By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    "If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, b ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget May 18, 2019 Rising Above the "See" Level! Part 3 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    Mortality... "One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, 'So you're the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself--and us, too, while you're at it!' But the other criminal protested, 'Don't you fear God even when you have been sentenced to die? We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn't done anything wrong.' Then he said, ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition." (Mark 5:25-29 NLT) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Kathryn Kuhlman (1907-1976): Miracles of the Past, Part 12 "A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding. She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay ...Continue Reading