Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Ideal Weapon: God's Armament, Part 5 June 5, 2020 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons to demolish strongholds.  ~ 2 Corinthians 10:4 NIV ~ The ideal weapon, the one that doesn't kill! "The weapons we fight with are not the weapons to demolish strongholds." (2 Corinthians 10:4 NIV) Th ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Still Young June 3, 2020 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. ~ Jeremiah 29:11 ESV ~ I was making dinner the other day while my boys were watching television in the living room. I was putting on a pot of water to boil when suddenly a song floated through the air, into my ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET A Cure for a Virus Deadlier Than Corona Virus...Part 4 June 2, 2020 In the fourth part and the penultimate part of our series, let’s cast our spotlight on yet another dimension related to the ongoing Global crisis triggered by a Pandemic. Clues and Contemplation... *"*There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pes ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Being Protected: God's Armament, Part 4 June 1, 2020 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.  ~ Ephesians 6:12 NIV ~ "The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Wide Load May 31, 2020 Christ, as the Son, is in charge of God's entire house. And we are God's house, if we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ.  ~ Hebrews 3:6 NLT ~ "Christ, as the Son, is in charge of God's entire house. And we are God's house, if we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ." (Hebrews 3:6 NLT) ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Weapons of the World: God's Armament, Part 3 May 29, 2020 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to go on ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Is Jesus Enough? Three Questions you Need to Ask May 27, 2020 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to go on ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Human knowledge? Or God's knowledge? God's Armament, Part 2 May 25, 2020 "We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." (2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV2) Last Monday, in God's Armament, Part 1, we saw that only God's armour can shield us from the devil. But just ho ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Mask May 24, 2020 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. ~ Psalms 42:5 NIV ~  "Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God." (Psalm 42:5 NIV)  &q ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Who Will You Trust? God's Armament, Part 1 May 22, 2020 For the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments. ~ 2 Cor. 10:4 NET ~ The Bible tells us that, "...our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world a ...Continue Reading