Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "If you stick with this, living out what I tell you, you are my disciples for sure. Then you will experience for yourselves the truth, and the truth will free you." (John 8:31-32, MSG) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Role of the Church I have visited a lot of churches all over the world. Most of them preach and sing. Singing to God shows we love Him. Sermons help us to learn from the Bible, which is also good. ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one-as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me." (John 17:21 NLT) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Pictures of the Church For the church to be the church, it must move into uncomfortable territory. I've been in numerous churches. Older churches have common features. Constructed often of brick, t ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "When the Israelites left Egypt, they were a huge crowd: The Israelites moved on from Rameses to Succoth, about 600,000 on foot, besides their dependents." (Ex. 12:37, MSG) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Protected by our Heavenly Father. Hope in the Distance, Part 14 A more precise number is given in Numbers 1:45: "The sum total of the People of Israel twenty years old and over who were able to fight in the a ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things." (Philippians 4:8 NIV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Focus Things have not been going very well in my little town. There has been much dissension over the replacement of a necessary facility. Over ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "I'll be with you." (Ex. 3:12a NIV)* By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Not in my Power, but in His. Hope in the Distance, Part 13 Moses, in his own power killed an Egyptian (See Ex. 2:11-15). Why? Because he saw an Egyptian strike a Hebrew. Moses didn't worry. After all he was the adopted son of Pharaoh's daughter. Nonetheless, when the word got out, Moses' status in the royal family didn't help him at all, for Ph ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "I'll be with you." (Ex. 3:12a NIV)* By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Not in my Power, but in His. Hope in the Distance, Part 13 Moses, in his own power killed an Egyptian (See Ex. 2:11-15). Why? Because he saw an Egyptian strike a Hebrew. Moses didn't worry. After all he was the adopted son of Pharaoh's daughter. Nonetheless, when the word got out, Moses' status in the royal family didn't help him at all, for Ph ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" (Galatians 5:14 NLT) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Love Fulfills In a split second, their lives were changed. Bobby and Jackie were a young couple with a small child. He had been called into youth ministry and was serving in a little church not far from Jackie's home. Things were going well-until the accident. Out of now ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "I'm going to hit Pharaoh and Egypt one final time, and then he'll let you go. When he releases you, that will be the end of Egypt for you; he won't be able to get rid of you fast enough." (Ex 11:1, MSG)* By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Prideful to the Core. Hope in the Distance, Part 12 The Pharaoh wanted to be in control, because he thought he was a god, he saw absolutely no need of God. Nine disasters had happe ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Then the Lord said to Moses, 'I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day.'" (Exodus 16:4 NIV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Manna The other night as I lay in bed contemplating the days finished work and what needed to be done on the morrow, once again I felt somewhat overwhelmed: So much to do, so little time to do it in. It was then that the ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "I am GOD. I will bring you out from under the cruel hard labor of Egypt. I will rescue you from slavery. I will redeem you." (Ex 6:7)* By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us I am in control. Is that really True? Hope in the Distance, Part 11 Too many people don't rely on God. They prefer to be in control themselves rather than relinquish control to God. Are they happy? Not at all. I know several people, friends of mine, ...Continue Reading