Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "You light a lamp for me. The LORD, my God, lights up my darkness." (Psalm 18:28 NLT) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Lighting up the Darkness As soon as the time changed, the darkness crept in. Although I love the fall and winter months, changing from Daylight Savings Time to normal time brings a little gloom. For some, it leads to SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). I'm not sure I've ever contracted SAD, but I te ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Jesus replied, 'Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, "Go, throw yourself into the sea," and it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.'" (Matt. 21:21-22 NIV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us By Faith Hope Comes. Hope in the Distance, Part 10 "Then Pharaoh g ...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 Realignment Agnes, my goat, was limping along over the icy path. I decided this called for investigation. After a thorough look I opted to cal ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Nugget January 12, 2018 Evergreens By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe Devotionals Contact us    The many types of trees in the world can be simplistically placed into two categories: evergreens, which keep their leaves or needles all year long; and deciduous, which lose their leaves in the fall and do not put on new leaves again until the spring. What does this mean for visual pleasure? It means that in the summer, when all the trees are green, both categories of trees are ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you." (Eph. 4:32 ESV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Real Test. Hope in the Distance, Part 9 This devotional is based on Genesis 42-45 As foreseen in the dreams of the Pharaoh, famine came upon Egypt with a vengeance. Thanks to God, however, who sent such a timely warning, Egypt had enough food for themselves, and they ev ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "He drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, For they were too strong for me." (Psalm 18:16-17 NKJV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Puddled by Puddles Spring showers caused them to pop up everywhere. My maternal grandmother called them mud puddles, and she knew all about them. Living in the flatlands of South Carolina, I saw them after spring and summer rains. Wat ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "So Isaac stayed in Gerar. When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, 'She is my sister,' because he was afraid to say, 'She is my wife.' He thought, 'The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.'" (Gen 26:6-7,NIV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Condemned: Hope in the Distance, Part 4 I wonder how we might have reacted in Isaac shoes. Would we deny our ow ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "She will bring a son to birth, and when she does, you, Joseph, will name him Jesus--'God saves'--because he will save his people from their sins." (Matt 1:21, MSG) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Story of Mel Trotter Mel Trotter was an alcoholic. At one point his child was critically ill. Looking for money for a drink, he took the boots off the child’s feet and sold them for money to buy alcohol. When he retur ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "The Lord had said to Abram, 'Go from your country, your people and your father's household to the land I will show you.'" (Genesis 12:1, NIV) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Mission. Hope in the distance part 2 How would we respond to our Heavenly Father if He asked us to leave our families and friends behind? We might not even know if that distant land would be favorable. It would be tough. Interestingly eno ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:6) By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us A Baby for Christmas Rarely did Santa bring her what she wanted for Christmas, but one Christmas he did. Elsie and her sister Connie grew up the daughters of a dirt-poor farmer who att ...Continue Reading