Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, 'Abba, Father.' So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir. (Gal 4:6-7 NIV)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Hidden Truth. How Can I Break Free from my Addictions? December 18, 1865 was a special day for those who lived under the harsh conditions of slaver ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about Him and had been done to Him." John 12:16  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Understanding Rightly Years ago, a church member stopped at my office for "just a little talk." During his little chat he told me he was getting a divorce. After 22 ye ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "He that spared not his own Son, But freely delivered him up for us all, How shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" Romans 8:32  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Healing Touch From our Father. Why I am a Christian, part 18 "I can guarantee this truth: Those who believe in me will do the things that I am doing. They will do even greater things because I am going to the Father ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:32 (NIV)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us But I Tell You When I taught children of Wycliffe Bible Translator personnel in the Peruvian highlands in South America, the children would pick the raisins from their recess snack cookies and drop them into the grass saying that they didn't like raisins.To me these raisins were especia ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Can a mother forget the infant at her breast, walk away from the baby she bore? But even if mothers forget, I'd never forget you-never. Look, I've written your names on the backs of my hands. The walls you're rebuilding are never out of my sight." Isaiah 49:15-16 (MSG)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Children of the Most High. Dragon Tramps or Kingdom Heirs, Conclusion Most mothers would di ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: Galatians 5:25 "Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit."  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Keeping In Step With The Spirit When I read this verse, it hits me hard, because, as I look back on my life, during so little of it was I aware of the need to keep in step with the Spirit.When I look back at my training in the deaconess school, or even in seminary, I don't remember be ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made." John 1:1-3  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Spare Tire Dilemma. The Word Coming Alive Series, Part 2 Why is Jesus called the Word?"And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light." Ge ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "For although in heavy trial of affliction, their overbrimming happiness, even in spite of their deep poverty, abounded to the opulence of their unselfishness." 2 Corinthians 8:2 (MontgomeryNT)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us What I Want When I was a freshman just starting college I really wanted to be rich. I even had pictures of a big luxury car and a huge mansion that I had cut out of magazines ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes." Matthew 6:34 (MSG)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Peace from Above We humans tend to focus on ourselves. Someone is fired at work, we think, "I am glad it is not me!" What would Jesus ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Therefore, whatever you want men to do for you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets." (Matthew 7:12)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Practicing the Golden Rule Allow me to share with you one of the most touching moments in sports I've ever heard about. It took place at a women's softball game on April 26, 2008. Central Washington and Western Oregon faced off against each other, ...Continue Reading