Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him. God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will." (Heb. 2:3b-4 NIV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Can we Have a Bible Club? There is ALWAYS Hope! Part 7 Last Friday I told the story of how God turned an illegal school board strike in ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Whatever happens, dear friends, be glad in the Lord. I never get tired of telling you this, and it is good for you to hear it again and again." Living Bible (Philippians 3:1 TLB)* By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Difficult Days  * I lay in bed and listened to the rain pattering on the roof. Oh no, not another day of wet, muddy dogs and floors to deal with. Just what I need, I grumbled to myself. And yet a ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3:16-17 NIV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Strike on the Horizon. There is ALWAYS Hope, Part 6 In the first 5 parts of this series, I have presented my personal experience as God’s mirac ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "The wicked are stringing their bows and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings. They shoot from the shadows at those whose hearts are right." (Psalm 11:2 NLT) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Shot at but Missed I felt the wind of the arrow as it whizzed by my head. My cousin was over for a visit. As middle-school aged boys, we loved playing in the woods. A few years later, we'd be hunting in the woods, but games w ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give all things." (Romans 8:32 NIV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Healed of Dementia: There is ALWAYS Hope! Part 5 In past parts to this series I told of how I had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, but I had an special encounter with Jesus. He came into my bathroom and met me there. He told me that He would he ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." (Psalms 46:1 NIV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us An Invisible Hand I was a freshman in college at home for the weekend. I didn't own a car and didn't want to make my parents drive me back to school, so I asked my friend for a ride back. It was a long drive and we decided to take a short cut. There was an old, one-lane, gravel road used mainly by ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." (Isaiah 41:10 NIV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Only Healing. There is Always Hope! Part 4  After giving me the grim news that I had Alzheimer's, my gerontologist suggested I play cognitive games online. "It will help you with your dementia, ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse:  "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." (Ps. 46:10 NIV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Hard Work My two miniature horses, Frank and Mama are as different as light and dark and yet they are mother and son. Frank is friendly, good tempered and patient, while Mama is standoffish, temperamental and impatient. I figure Frank must have gotten his ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "I will be with you." (Exodus 3:12 NIV). By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us I Will be With You. There is Always Hope! Part 3 Recently I was diagnosed with early-onset of dementia. My grandmother had dementia and so did my mom. Although I had been told there is a heredity component to dementia, I was totally unprepared for this. I didn't know what to do; but I immediately heard Jesus' sweet voice: "I will be wit ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord." (Philippians 3:8a TLB) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Solution "Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have put aside all else, counting it worth less than nothing, in order that I can have Christ, and become one with him, no longer ...Continue Reading