Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you." (John 14:26 NASB) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The GPS I am the proud owner of a Global Positioning System (GPS) navigational device for my car. I just punch in an address and it will direct me which way to go. But sometimes, the GPS will take me down roads ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Speak It Right May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you." (Psalm 19:14 NLT)* By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Speak It Right Sometimes, the right word is important. On a trip to a popular restaurant, I was reminded of how important words are. My wife and I-along with many others, mulled about waiting for the hostess to call our name. We listened as one name after another was call ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "There is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." (Luke 15:10b NIV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Party Time! This is a verse that I particularly like to share when I am mentoring prisoners by mail through Crossroads Prison Ministries. I mark the Bible lessons that they send me, and then, I write each of them an encouraging letter. It seems to me that a prisoner would take gre ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." John 1:5 By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Jesus' Suffering Sin has come; suffering as well. But the Savior has also come. His entire life was filled with suffering -- suffering which He bore for us, suffering which made Him one of us, suffering He endured so our punishment might be removed. In the early part of the 1900s, outside a brick ten ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Don't worry about the wicked or envy those who do wrong." Psalm 37:1 NLT By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Envy Bug As I listened to their list of accolades and heard about their accomplishments, I felt the envy bug creep up my back. I was attending my first writer's conference. For a beginning writer, I was impressed with my short list of accomplishments. Two self-published books, a few published devotions, an ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us." (Romans 5:5 NIV)* By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Finding the Truth. Hope in the Distance, Part 16 The Israelites were excited. In three days they would cross into the Promised land. By this time in their history, Moses had passed away. Joshua was their new leader, and he d ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "And whoever wants to be first must be your slave just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many." (Matthew 20:27-28 NIV) * By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us A Sacrificing Servant In the Korean War, there was a young sergeant by the name of Gardolibov. Sergeant Gardolibov had been caught up in the blood battle that was known as "Heartbreak Hill." D ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Anyone who sets himself up as 'religious' by talking a good game is self-deceived. This kind of religion is hot air and only hot air." (James 1:26 MSG)* By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Critics from Hell. Experiencing our Heavenly Father, Part 4 Imagine going to a store. You are wearing jeans. "Excuse-me," you ask. "Could you help me?" The store clerk looks at you suspiciously: "Why sh ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "For this, O LORD, I will praise you among the nations; I will sing praises to your name." (Psalms 18:49 NLT) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Praise...Regardless Her instructions to the piano instructor were clear: teach regular piano lessons for fifteen minutes and teach hymns for the remainder of the time. Mom was a member of a small United Methodist Church nestled on a country road. The only person who could pl ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children." (Proverbs 13:22 NKJV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us A Teacher's Legacy Tammy Waddell was an educator. This beloved teacher passed away at the age of 58 on June 9, 2018, after a battle with stomach cancer. She had served the children and community of Forsyth County, Georgia, for thirty years as a paraprofessional and elementary teacher. Those who knew ...Continue Reading