Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us" (Ephesians 3:20). By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us God's Way to Conquer Gloom and Sadness Shame on me. Rather than enjoying my friends' company during lunch at our favorite restaurant, traces of envy and self-pity attacked me. "Oh, he's adorable. He looks just like his Dad," one of ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "[Love] always trusts." (1 Corinthians 13:7b NIV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Real love: God's Love in You, Part 15 "[Love] always trusts." (1 Corinthians 13:7b NIV) Is it possible to have love without trust? Not according to 1 Cor. 13:7! Why? Because love is simply given, and there is no question as to whether the recipient of the love should be loved or not. We simply trust that they are deserva ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "On the left hard when He is working, I do not behold Him; He turns to the right hand, but I do not see Him. But He knows the way that I take; when He has tried me, I shall come out as gold." (Job 23:9-10 ESV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Fool's Gold When my brothers and I were young, we avidly collected chunks of mica and pyrite. Because the minerals sparkled and were beautiful, we assumed they were valuable. P ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "[Love] always protects." (1 Corinthians 13:7a NIV) < By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Broken Glasses: God's Love in You, Part 14 "[Love] always protects." (1 Corinthians 13:7a NIV) What would you do if someone was nasty to your spouse or to one of your kids? I know that I would immediately go to that person's rescue. What about if you are a teacher, and one of the students in your class is nasty ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you." (John 15:18 NKJV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Christians are Weeping On Easter Sunday, my wife, our pianist, and I had planned for quite some time to go to the local Long Term Care Centre. A good number of residents always enjoy coming to the worship services, especially on Christian holy days. While we were having our breakfast, we heard ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth." (1 Cor. 13:6 NIV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Evil or Truth: God's Love in You, Part 13 "Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth." (1 Cor. 13:6 NIV) I admit, I have a problem with selfishness. Especially as a child, but I'm ashamed to say that this all-too-human tendency continues to plague me in adulthood as wel ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances;for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." (1 Thess. 5:16-18 NIV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us A Special Beauty I was 17 years old. Along with a dozen other boys I had made a long trip to Iowa in order to see a college that I was thinking of attending. While the trip had been fun for the most part, now that I was there I was feel ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "[Love] keeps no record of wrongs." (1 Cor 13: 5c NIV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Saved on the Cross: God's Love in You, Part 12 "[Love] keeps no record of wrongs." (1 Cor 13: 5c NIV) How would you feel if our Heavenly Father kept records of all the wrong things you do? Would you like that? No way! And good news, it isn't true. The Bible says, "...as far as the east is from the west, so far h ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." (John 14:26 KJV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Spiritual Glasses "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "[Love] is not easily  angered." (1 Corinthians 13:5c NIV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Why Should we get Angry? God's Love in You, Part 11 "[Love] is not easily  angered." (1 Corinthians 13:5c NIV) Why are we so easily angered? Will this make us better friends? Help us get along better? Keep peace in our families? Our work places? Our classrooms? Our churches? Our world? Not at all. In fac ...Continue Reading