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

Welcome to the Nugget January 21, 2020 Similarities...ALL the Way! Part 4 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    Today in the concluding part of our series focusing on the similarities of the Church of the bygone Covenant (Acts 7:38) and the One of the Present Covenant, we shall train the spotlight on the following sub-topics... Draw... Having compared ourselves to our Old Testament counterparts all along, how about now hitting a related loop line of "methodolo ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget January 18, 2020 Similarities...ALL the Way! Part 3 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    Today in the penultimate, while focusing on the similarities between the church of the erstwhile Covenant (Acts 7:38) and the one of the prevalent Covenant, we train the spotlight on the following sub-topics... Discipline... Any Christian worth his honesty salt would testify that whenever he went astray, the concerned Heavenly Father would discipline him b ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget January 16, 2020 Similarities...ALL the Way! Part 2 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    Continuing to focus on the similarities of the Church of the Bygone Covenant (Acts 7:38) and the One of the existing Covenant, today we come to the following sub-topics... Depth... The depth of relationship of Almighty God had with the Jews in the Old dispensation and we Christians have with Christ in the New One can best be envisaged by pondering on the ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget January 14, 2020 Similarities...ALL the Way! Part 1 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    "All these things happened to them as examples--as object lessons to us--to warn us against doing the same things; they were written down so that we could read about them and learn from them in these last days as the world nears its end." (I Cor. 10:11 TLB) At the very outset of this message, I would like to state that it may surprise some (not v ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget January 11, 2020 Perspectives... By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    "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) Last night I went to sleep praising God for the many answered prayers of the day. Medical tests had come back normal; the government-funde ...Continue Reading